~ Isaiah Series ~ Part 4 The Best and Most Ridiculous Plan Sometimes following God’s lead seems absurd. Isaiah, despite the disgusting reality of the culture he was living in, despite his age, despite his qualifications or lack…
~ Isaiah Series ~ Part 3 Even a Wreck Like Me One of my very favorite things about the way God works is that He is both willing and able to both bless and use the very people who…
~ Isaiah Series ~ Part 2 An Invitation to the Table A few weeks ago, one of the pastors at my church asked to borrow my kitchen table to act as a prop of sorts during his…
~ Isaiah Series ~ Part 1 God’s Father-Heart Sometimes, as a parent, we have to give our kids consequences for their misbehavior. “Do you want a consequence?” I hear my best friend say to her little boys, ages…
The Windmill Epiphanies: Part 2—More Lessons from the Roadside a Guest Post by Rebecca Orozco (for Part 1 of this two-part mini-series, click here) When God prompted me to pull my car over to the side of the road…
The Windmill Epiphanies: Part 1—Spinning by the Spirit a Guest Post by Rebecca Orozco I was driving over the Altamont Pass, going my usual route to get to church for the mom’s ministry I volunteer in, when I got…
I tend to shy away from neediness. Even when it’s someone I deeply love— like my kids or my husband— if they seem too needy, too “high maintenance” for some reason, I can feel myself pulling away. If I’m…
I’ve been struggling with feeling like a failure as a mom lately. Nothing in particular has happened— it’s more like just a constant through-line permeating my heart and brain all day every day, making me second-guess all my decisions and…
When I was I think around 10 years old, I got pinned to the ocean floor by a powerful wave. The force of the water took my scrawny frame by surprise and, although I was a strong swimmer, I wasn’t strong or…
I always find myself feeling a bit frantic at this time of year. Trying to juggle too many things at one time. Trying to make my self and my resources available to too many different things and people and…