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When the Wait Is Long

When the Wait Is Long

Two weeks ago, I resigned from my job of fourteen years. It was a shock to all but the handful of people who have been privy to my dream of a smaller life, a more flexible life, a less busy life a not-8-to-5-Monday-through-Friday life. It’s a dream I’ve harbored for over a decade. Deep down,…

ok to rest

It’s OK to Rest

 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matt. 11:28-29 NIV) When we think about the busiest times of the year, we tend…

Share Four Somethings

Share Four Somethings April 2022

Friends! Welcome back to another month of Share Four Somethings, hosted by my friend and fellow podcaster Heather Gerwing. I confess, I’ve struggled a bit with the two new categories for 2022, Something Braved and Something Achieved, but I think I’m beginning to settle into them. At first, they felt like big categories–like whatever I…

Too Short a Season

Too Short a Season

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines,…