May
31
2023
We have been playing a short game and praying everyday as at our office. I have been curious about building meaningful connection. How do we create mini moments of joy and wonder? How do we consistently build times to...
May
30
2023
One meditation I have been speaking in my mind and heart is from Proverbs 13:10, “Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Strife means to contend for superiority, quarrel, fight,...
May
29
2023
I am feeling afraid to remember. What if I struggle to remember? What if I don’t want to think of all the white crosses and the families with an empty place at the table? I don’t want to think...
May
26
2023
I am so thankful my dad called these little devotionals Words of Hope. I bless him for this. His words do give me strength and hope even as I approach the one-year anniversary of his Celebration of Life. What a...
May
25
2023
I have been finding photos of my dad when he is my age. He looks so young and healthy! I can hear him counseling me as I begin to feel myself getting uptight. He would ask me to notice...
May
24
2023
A close friend sent me a Ted Talk that is the most watched in Ted history. This talk references the longest study of adults done to date. Researchers analyzed the lives of about 750 individuals from 1935 and now...
May
23
2023
I found a note from my dad. Dad wrote amazing words of encouragement. He celebrated people and made me feel like I could run through a brick wall if I had to. Dad healed me and many people through...
May
18
2023
I keep thinking about many Christian churches and schools I have witnessed in my life. Here is one thing I deeply admired about my dad. He believed that Christianity should change us. We should be more loving, more compassionate,...
May
16
2023
We have a chalkboard with the “verse of the week” stenciled across the top hanging above the NBC Camps office sink. The verse we have is written in blue chalk and says, “You will keep him in perfect ...
May
15
2023
A friend of ours is doing his dissertation on the phenomenon of forgiveness asking. He is researching the experience of asking forgiveness of family, friends, and colleagues. He asked me about my experience.
After our interview, I thought of many...
