Some people look at the winter trees and feel despair. They think the trees look dead or forlorn. But when I look at the trees I see hope. I see that the trees are in a season of rest, a season of waiting – and I know that after that season of rest and waiting, …
November 2021 Devotions
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November 30, 2021
Last year I read a book of Advent devotions called Lean Towards The Light This Advent and Christmas and the devotion that stayed with me more than any other was by a woman named Christine Sine who said that her personal theme for Advent that year was to “choose joy.” She said, “Our greatest joy …
November 29, 2021
Today I read a poem by Ann Weems called “In Search of Our Kneeling Places,” and it begins with these words. In each heart lies a Bethlehem an inn where we must ultimately answer whether there is room or not. Those words spoke to me deeply today. The last few weeks I …
November 9, 2021
When I read these words about prayer today, they made me think of a wonderful children’s book called, Can I Pray with My Eyes Open? by Susan Taylor Brown. This book is all about a young girl wondering about prayer. She begins by saying, “I wondered how and when and where was the perfect way …
November 4, 2021
For some reason this season the leaves have seemed to be just even more colorful and beautiful than usual and it feels like this autumn has lasted a long time – giving us the time to appreciate all of those stunningly bright and beautiful colors. And I love it when you are looking at a …
November 3, 2021
As I was driving in to work today the radio host announced that today is National Stress Awareness Day then she played a lovely song by a band called The Head and the Heart called, “Let’s be Still.” Here are some of the lyrics from that song: The world's just spinningA little too fastIf things …
October 2021 Devotions
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October 28, 2021
Yesterday I decided to treat myself to a latte on the way in to work. It was a cold dreary day outside and it felt like the warm drink would be just what I needed. I was a little close on time, but I decided to do it anyway. I went in and put in …
October 26, 2021
This Bible verse is part of a prayer that Paul offered for the Ephesians – and it’s a prayer that I want to offer for all of you today. I hope that as you hear this prayer that you realize how much you are loved. At the end of his prayer Paul says, “Then you …
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