New Year’s Reflection

As a teenager I would simply wander into the woods. Not thinking twice of who or what I might encounter, there was a spot where an enormous tree had fallen next to an old cabin. A one room home, with a porch and fireplace, all wooden, save the fireplace, and precariously still standing.  I'd tiptoe … Continue reading New Year’s Reflection

Vigil

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,    and in his word I hope;Psalm 130: 5 Every family has their own holiday traditions. Regardless of faith, there is some rhythm and pattern that is created within a family unit to mark how each holiday is done. Thanksgiving, here, Christmas there....Hannukah, Easter, Seder, Mass, Ramadan, Fourth of July....if you ask most … Continue reading Vigil

Consider the lilies

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke 12:27 Last month Nathan and I made a decision. Like most decisions with us, the conversation is brief, but our actions apart … Continue reading Consider the lilies