Pruning As our first frost settles in, I’m keeping the gardening season going just a little longer through one more reflection. One of the hardest lessons for a gardener is pinching or pruning. It feels counterintuitive. You spend weeks nurturing delicate seedlings, watching[…]

Waste A couple of weeks ago in Leaves, we explored the ways we hide parts of ourselves, trying to cover what feels vulnerable or unworthy. Today, I want to come back to that idea but from a different angle because hiding only lasts[…]

Egypt But forget all that – it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?​​Isaiah 43:18-19 Many times in the adventurous life that comes[…]

Enough Last week, I had the privilege of spending time in Costa Rica on a mission trip. We spent our days doing various kinds of ministry: Vacation Bible School, playing bingo at a home for the elderly, sports ministry and taking baskets of[…]