In Spirit and In Truth
The first Christmas didn’t actually happen in Juniata County, and it wasn’t white. This thought just dawned on me a few minutes ago as I watched the sunset behind the…
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November 28, 2020
How Beautiful
Last week, one night, I lay in bed, in exhaustion, and listened with my eyes closed to the song "How Beautiful", by Twila Paris. How beautiful the hands that served…
November 13, 2020
Homesick
Home is where there are no mixed expectations, only the fulfillment of all that your heart knows to be there… Home is where the people smile and frown only when…
October 26, 2020
The Journey Between the Old and the New
Right now I have few words--just a stillness as I arise into the sunset, above the tinted pink clouds… I have come though a rapid night and a rapid day.…
September 18, 2020
Never Again
I searched frantically for a place to pull over, finally drawing my car into a church parking lot. I went up the hill, up into the graveyard, and perched on…
July 28, 2020
Daughter of June
Ah, the glory of June…. I sit here by my open window, a glass of sparkling pink grape-fruit juice catching and holding the light of the sun beside me. The…
June 8, 2020
Dust at Jesus’ Feet
The other day while I was out in the field bumping along on a tractor with the wind in my face and the scent of cut grass tickling my nose,…
May 17, 2020
About Something Happy and Different Dragons
Hello, friends! I don't feel as if I have anything at all profound to write about. In these days of COVID, quarantine, and masks, these three things are the last…
April 24, 2020
Good Hands
It’s funny how things can change so quickly in such a short amount of time. I first heard about this coronavirus when I was at Faith Builders Winter Term back…
April 4, 2020
You’re Welcome
I love being a Pediatrics nurse… I love tiny baby stethoscopes and stuffed animals and patients who smile when I give them stickers with Elsa… I love being creative and…
March 11, 2020