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Oh, Mercy!

Yesterday was spent solid-staining my bedroom deck – my favorite spot to write and enjoy a cup of hot coffee in the morning. 🙂 There is just something about being up early and seeing the world around me waking up.  Birds singing.  Sun rising.  People walking...

Getting Schooled

I know we aren’t even through August yet, but today feels like the beginning of fall. The morning cloud cover (that will be gone in an hour or so) seems the perfect background for this first day of school in Pleasanton.  Moms are busily getting their kids ready...

Soak Then Squeeze

“What changes us is not how much we love God, but recognizing how much He loves us.”  I’m sure I butchered this quote and I can’t even remember who said it (help me out, John Snyder? :-)) but I love the truth of it. When we begin to understand...

What Love Does

It’s a strange phenomenon that we so fear the unknown that we choose to remain paralyzed, often in a bad place, rather than risk moving forward or away from something. It happens in circumstances of abuse, toxic relationships, a bad job environment, a complacent...

When Grace Looks Like Ashes

When grace looks like ashes Your mercy, the fire That burns through the rubble To my deepest desire When sparks dance wildly In the heat of the flame Your love is the crackling That calls out my name. The vapor around me Brings tears to my eyes Your Spirit’s...

Common Interest

You know those sweet moments in time when something simple, yet profound, happens that takes your relationship with your spouse, your child, a friend or loved one to a new level of connection?  Something happens between the two of you that bonds you because it is...