Sometimes giving thanks is like brushing our teeth. We've gone through the motions so many times we forget the reason for it. True gratitude comes when we encounter true pain. As much I want to experience the gift of being grateful, I'm not so keen on inviting the grief that paves the way. Honestly, ...
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Jet Lag woke me up too early again this morning. Thank you, Jet Lag. As I lay in bed hoping to re-capture sleep, I pondered giving thanks. Sometimes it takes effort to name reasons for thanks. Coming up with one a day might be possible ... for a month. Coming up with a numbered list helps, but a ...
Read More > about Greater gratitude through greater latitude
As if to defy the desert lurking within reach, vineyards and orchards dot the low hills and plains around my new home. Summer baked the vines draped in rows and the fruit on the boughs, until bright colors flashed when I drove by fence made by trees as wind breaks. As each crop reached its peak, the ...
Read More > about Looking out and running out into the harvest
God, are you out there? Do you see me? Even at the ends of the earth, do you see me? I'm at the ends of the earth this week, and I'm lifting my eyes, and I'm seeing such great darkness and pain. Sometimes I don't want to see what you show me. I'd rather cover my eyes and just look at my own stuff. ...
Read More > about Where does real help really come from?
After lifting our eyes yesterday (see Part 1 here) to see the needs refugees moving across Europe, my heart was heavy and full. I called it "European" because the first waves are washing first over Europe, but this belongs to us all. It is global. How reassuring to know that God does not turn away ...
Read More > about A woman looks at the European Refugee Crisis Part 2
