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Today, I was listening to the story of the woman at the well. I stopped in my tracks as Jesus talked with her. He had sent the disciples away to get food and he had quiet for a moment. I can imagine him breathing deeply and looking around. Nobody at the well, until one who could not be seen with the other women in the cool of the mornings approaches. His rest was interrupted. He asked her for a…

When we lived in Mundelein, IL, the kids were little, we had a huge storm come through our area. It knocked power out in our town for nearly five days. Unbeknownst to us, a tree fell right on a power line near our house. We sustained no real damage, but we had no power and it was summer. We rented a generator for the refrigerator and Joshua’s cpap. Otherwise, we were quiet. I’ll never forget…

Luna and I walk most every days now as we have the sun so much earlier. She has to sniff all the sniffs and I learn breathing and calming techniques as I wait for her little nose to be ready to move on to the next delight. Here’s some things I have picked up as we have been walking together for a few years. The first half mile has to be all the sniffs. I know where she will head next, unless she…

There’s a beautiful story of Peter’s introduction to Jesus found in Luke 5. We were studying the life of Peter this weekend and part of my time was sitting in this story. Peter, James, and John had just finished an exhausting night of fishing with nothing to show for the effort. They were cleaning their nets, settling the boats, and looking to the next step. Jesus interrupted their morning. He…

Alright, mom, listen. Let’s look together at the comfort God gives. Even though our circumstances are rough, hard, and simply exhausting, there is hope found in the waiting. There is comfort. I’m here today to prove it. Remember Elijah? His entrance onto the Biblical scene was declaring to Ahab there would be no rain for 3 years. Not a popular position for anyone. God’s response? He fed Elijah…

Today i want to write out my thoughts and stop just thinking all of them and swirling. I am watching too many videos. But here we go Joshua being laid off. Joshua not being paid. Not paying our mortgage. Getting angry with me all the time. I can’t sleep when he is in the bed. I am coughing. Update. God has been working through us, Joshua asked how my work was and asked if i wanted to talk. He…

Those of us who are waiting for a cure. Waiting for a way through. Waiting for the next step. Hoping the next part of life will be or not be…. We live as those waiting. It could be as easy as waiting for a train or a phone call or a letter. It could be as hard as waiting for a doctor to call back, seeing if a treatment worked. It could be wondering about tomorrow or a year ahead. “I pray that…

I was recently in a car accident. I’m okay! I’m recovering. I had a similar accident 22 years ago and what strikes me about both accidents is what I remember. This last accident I remembering seeing the car turn in front of me. I heard the crash before I felt it. I smelled the smoke from the air bags. I looked around noticing things. I noticed my shock. I sat there for quite awhile trying to…

I’ve been thinking about light these last few days. When our kids were little, we went to the Brookfield zoo almost weekly, walking in and out of exhibits, the kids running and pointing and getting some of the energy out. There is a room at the Wolf habitat where you can go in, no lights on, and listen to the sounds of wolves howling. It’s pitch black without any light, but after two minutes of…

Something that I have notice about our little Luna as she has been with us longer and longer is the change that has come about because of time. I’ll never forget the first time we took her in the car. She shook, she drooled, she paced. I could be wrong, but I’m thinking she thought we were going to take her and leave her as was done to her previously. Yet with each time we took her in the car,…

I was listening early this morning to the Dwell Daily devotional and the lady declared, God loves you. I thought to myself, I know that. Yet, here’s the thing for me, when I have a night of restlessness, my thoughts get jumbled and chaotic. Clearing through the cobwebs and bleariness, hey, God loves you. So, I have decided while I’m sitting here in a surgery center waiting for my son, I am going…

Another post never posted…. I never really thought I was a small dog person. I’m not sure exactly what a small dog person looks like, but when a friend came up to me in church and said, I have a dog that i found in the forest preserve and I do not know what to do with her. I knew I needed to come and see. Ella and I went together and what struck us both, was her little frame of bones and…

Right before our communion time we have time to quiet our hearts to search our hearts and minds, what is keeping me back from full communion with God? Today, I wept. I didn’t have to think too far back, it’s who I am when nobody is watching. I sent my order for coffee yesterday to the wrong store. And I cried. Really? It’s five bucks. Why am I weeping? And out poured so many feelings. I fought…