Today I share a very intimate and personal experience of the Holy Spirit in my recent life. What a relief when we call out to God and God rushes in. No burning bushes, angel visitations or the heavens opening for me. My experience of God
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Today I wrestle with where and how the Holy Spirit is revealed in our suffering. I believe God is especially close to the broken-hearted. In my own experience, I have felt the mysterious Spirit most profoundly when everything else in my life was dark
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This has been a year of the hard and the exquisite. The silver lining of my vulnerability, is that I have felt and have been a witness to God's spirit working creatively and redemptively in and all around me. I think the idea of the
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Today begins my six-week "Lent Love" series entitled, "Come, Holy Spirit, Come." Instead of focusing on giving up something this year, I am in pursuit of a deeper experiences of the Divine working, loving, healing, and directing my path. For the next six weeks leading
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Several years ago, I visited a special art exhibit of Pablo Picasso’s paintings in Paris. The show was curated around colors that reflected the artist’s mood and style during significant periods of his career. For example, the years 1901-1904 represented Picasso’s Blue Period. Every work
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As a writer, I am always hoping and praying for an epiphany. Some new insight, a revelation of truth, maybe a spark of surprising creativity, but a divine jump taken in my faith journey would be the best. Epiphanies are divinely sent. Heaven waits for
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When we are stretched, frenetic, frazzled, with little inner peace, it is plain hard to bring our best selves to the world. Jesus said, “My peace I give you, I don’t give as the world gives.” He knew what we were up against in the
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I have some exciting news! I have a new book coming out this Fall: Soulfull, A Devotional for the Mind, Body and Spirit. It is the realization of a big dream of mine with lots of heart and prayers behind it. We all need hope—every
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This has been a momentous week at our house as my daughter Belle graduated from high school. There have been many special moments from the final mother daughter luncheon, to an awards night, and graduation ceremonies. But the one I will not forget was the
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Miroslav Volf, a professor and Christian theologian at Yale University, teaches a popular class entitled, “A Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters the Most” now a New York Times bestseller. Volf poses the question: What constitutes a worthy life and how do we
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