I love coming to the Outer Banks, NC. It’s the call of the sea, the ideal porch for coffee time and devotions, the isolation and wild waves that crash on the shore of my soul! I seem to fade away or the world does, I’m not sure which. When I return home, I am completely […]
It’s my first post on this blog and it just so happens that I have a lot to say about hope. Coming out of a long winter and having lived a life that has often felt relentless, I can surprisingly speak quite freely and excitedly about real hope and real gladness. Maybe better termed- joy. […]
Last week I had the opportunity, along with other co-workers from Liberty, to attend the Global Leadership Summit via satellite in Harleysville, PA at LCBC. It was a profound experience, quite overwhelming really. Every speaker widened my eyes to the power of leadership and a few reminded me to care for and love the followers. Themes […]
Psalm 40:1-3: I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn […]
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets is back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” May Sarton Patience. ‘Tis a virtue to be sure, but one loved by few (at least in my observations). What patience requires is more than we often […]
Sergio Ramos is a Spanish soccer player. He plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish league La Liga, and he also plays for Spain’s accomplished national team which won the World Cup in 2010 and the Euro Cup in 2008 and 2012. In the photo above of Spain’s team, Ramos is the 4th player from […]