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I want to tell you about a dream I had many years ago. I was standing alone on a shore. Two cliffs loomed on either side ahead of me. And as I walked closer, they retreated … opening a pathway to a crystal sea that sparkled and shimmered like jewels. …

I sit in my favorite chair with a steaming cup of rose-flavored coffee in my hand. And I breathe. In and hold. Out … slowly. Then again. Each time, the racing of my heart slows a bit more. And my shaky frame settles into stillness. It had been a tense …

Someone recently suggested that anxiety can be a good thing. And I gotta tell you — I was intrigued. Why? Because I struggle more than just a little with this thing called anxiety. In fact, I’d even begun to wonder if I’d developed some sort of anxiety disorder. And while …

Water droplets sparkled and shimmered on the tiny leaves of the baby ash tree outside my window after a light morning rain. I stood staring. Entranced. With one small gesture, God was inviting me to enter in to this moment with him. A simple, yet captivating invitation. An awareness of …

I stood chopping vegetables on a large wooden cutting board in my mother’s kitchen. I had come over early to help her prepare for a family gathering later that afternoon … when it happened. The world around me stilled. The knife fell gently from my hands onto the board in …

I gripped the cooling cup of coffee in my hand and cried. Please, God, please. Help me to understand. Give me your wisdom. I need it desperately. I cannot think differently. I cannot stop feeling afraid. I want to feel safe … not just know in my head that I …

We know how to survive. We’ve become experts at it — and have even carved out a sense of safety within it for ourselves. We learn from the world that it’s up to us. So we build walls. Perimeters around us to self protect. To monitor closely what comes in …

We’ve all experienced it. The frustration of being misunderstood. A person makes a decision about us. They rationalize it in their minds. And it becomes truth to them and to anyone they’re able to rally into their corner of belief. It destroys families. It destroys friendships. It destroys peace. It’s …

“What are you thinking about?” My friend’s words floated gently into my subconscious. I looked at him. He was genuinely intrigued. “You were somewhere else,” he said. “Peaceful.” I looked back at the horizon stretching out endlessly over the expanse of water in front of me … blue-green in the …

I sit quietly with my Bible open on my lap and gaze outside my window. Two clouds converge and seem to kiss in the pale blue sky. This makes me think about how all things come together in God’s way and timing. And I wonder. How much of my life …