Jan
20
2025
I have been praying for many years for two gifts. They both were answered the same week. I laughed and cried with joy at their fulfillment. How immediately the dread lifted. What a gift!
This reminds me of the gifts...
Jan
17
2025
Coaching basketball taught me many life-related concepts. These principles just appeared on the court! One example is a timeout. To take a break, intermission, breather becomes a time to refocus. Even in basketball, planed timeouts were superior to forced...
Jan
15
2025
Scripture tells us, “In the beginning was the word and the word was God.” I consider the coding of our DNA, I consider the world of words, the messages that speak to us day and night. Some words fill...
Jan
13
2025
In Spokane, the winter strips the leaves from our deciduous trees. I notice without the garment of green, the trees appear gnarled and exposed. I think of this image as a metaphor for difficulty. When the green vibrancy is...
Jan
08
2025
My dad loved timeouts. This is not a punishment and it’s unfortunate that this language is connected to punishment. Timeouts are crucial for our health, for taking a step back, and for reevaluating.
In basketball, there are strategic moments to...
Jan
06
2025
For New Year’s Eve, our family members selected a lovely card to write down our yearly intentions. We mediated on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 reading it slowly aloud twice and then considering, “What is God asking for us in the...
Jan
03
2025
I have been signing cards recently with the acronym RPG.
It’s my true north right now. When I get confused, anxious, unsure how to spend my time or focus my thoughts, it is my way forward.
It is the simple...
Dec
30
2024
I am currently in a Bible study that is reflecting on what God is doing in our journey on earth. It’s a beautiful notion that God is working in the painful and beautiful aspects of our lives to bring...
Dec
23
2024
At the NBC Camps Christmas party, we took red and white pipe cleaners and wound them together to make a candy cane. While doing so, the prompt was to pray and consider a relationship or a country that needed...
Dec
18
2024
I am struck by the obedience and willingness of Mary to become the mother of Jesus. Her song of gratitude to God for this blessing stuns me. She must have had to grasp the reality of the intense suffering...
