After Pharaoh’s command that all male Hebrew infants were to be killed, his daughter finds baby Moses in the reeds of the Nile. She hires a Hebrew woman to nurse him; the woman just happens to be Moses’ own mother. Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt. Two Israelite spies working for Joshua just happen… Read More
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Gathering Courage: Stepping Out Onto the Water
Crazy medical events. Terminal illness with no cure or treatment. Life upturned. Priorities rearranged. Tears and strong-held hands and deep breaths and sore knees from sincere prayers because blind faith is all you have left…and all of this on repeat. Lately I wonder…did I ask for this? Really. Of course I didn’t ask for this…. Read More
On Good Friday, A Reminder That You Can Always Come Home
Today is Good Friday. And today my heart is heavy as I consider all the things I have not done. I have not bought an Easter egg dying kit for my son and his cousins to play with at family gatherings this weekend. I have not picked up the ingredients to make the empty-tomb-crescent-rolls that… Read More
Getting Ready: Preparing my Heart and Home for Battle
Getting My Home Ready for Battle: Spring Cleaning in the Fall Funny things can happen when you heed a warning from God to get ready. For example, you throw away random things from your back porch, because that’s where you heard the warning in the first place. God: Get ready, Heather. Me: Oh, okay, I… Read More
Learning to Listen When God Tells You to Get Ready
I was sitting on our screened-in porch listening to the early morning songs of my backyard bird friends when God told me to get ready. This is my porch. This is where I sit every morning in my robe, cradling a steaming cup of coffee and sucking in a few deep breaths of oxygen to wake… Read More
Starting the Story: Finding Joy and Gratitude in the Midst of a Miscarriage
Let me start with these words and hear me clearly: a miscarriage is not about joy. The words spoken here have taken nine months to even begin to seem real and they have not been typed without tears spilling profusely onto this keyboard. I write these words while holding anyone who has experienced the loss… Read More
