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“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” Lily Tomlin I learned something about myself in college on a running trail. My college campus...

“Your life is a sacred journey…You are on the path…exactly where you are meant to be right now.” Caroline Adams Miller Before I even knew what was happening, my story began. I entered this world on a cold winter day in Minnesota. Since then, my mom told me that on the day I was born, she looked at me and said, "She looks like a Pam." Suddenly, I had a name. Of course, I have no memory of that. If I wanted to tell you my story, I might start from a different vantage point,

“The longest journey is the twelve inches from your head to your heart.” John Ortberg Have you ever thought about that? If Ortberg is...

"I do not understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott There is a place I like to go where you can look out onto a broad open space. There are a few trees on the edge of the land but for the most part, it is just a large, open expanse. It does something to me when I am there - it gets inside of me and I open up too. Whatever is cluttering my mind begins to release. Whatever is heavy on my heart is un

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved" Victor Hugo I enjoy a good mystery story. I like seeing how...

We played a new game this past week. It was a multi-dimensional strategy game - a mind-bender that required us to pay attention and think in a new way. It seemed the only way to learn the game was to play it - to get into its world. It got me thinking about the new year. What if we approached it with a posture of discovery? We often begin a new year with intentional plans and goals to improve or correct or imagine a better way of living. That can be a good strategy but what i

“What makes life good is not a particular set of circumstances but how the heart interacts with them.” Tim Keller Like many families, we...

“For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a...

“Hope is joyous anticipation of good that is not yet here or is unseen.” Dallas Willard “The people walking In darkness have seen a great...

I was greeted by a man in a Santa hat when I went to pick up my car from the shop the other day. It was a damp, dreary, rainy day. His...

“It was in the season of Christmas that I came out of my little garden…and began to walk backwards through history to the place from...

Waiting is something we all have in common. We wait for small things, like the stoplight to change, or big things, like medical test results. We wait for milestones like a child's first steps, graduation, or marriage. We wait for a provision or a resolution. We wait for answers or clarity. We wait, sometimes knowing the answers we receive may change everything. It’s not easy to wait. One writer shared, “Waiting is essentially a matter of being — stopping, sitting, listening,

A friend forwarded me a photo of her 6-month-old daughter. It got me thinking about my daughter and son when they were that age. I remember all the things that came with parenting a baby; chief among them was wondering what to do, when to do it, and wanting more than anything to do it well. By some great miracle, my son and my daughter were depending on me! One scary thing you realize as a parent is that your children are always watching you. You don’t need Instagram to know

“A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.” Thomas Jefferson My Aunt Jeanie was different from my other aunts. She was tall...

“The best journey takes you home.”* Home. The word itself seems to call out to us. It’s good to be home. Home is the place where you...