Tagged: relationships

summer lovin’

Summer is the season of love. Of warm weather, of walks on the beach, of weddings. Today is the anniversary of my parents’ wedding. They have been married 35 years. “22 happy ones,” my dad jokes. While...

the sacred search.

It’s what people write songs about, make movies about, dream about. It’s the stuff of fairytales. Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Prince meets maiden. Damsel meets knight-in-shining-armor. And they live happily ever after…...

nothing is wasted.

Have you ever looked back on a failed relationship and thought, “What a waste?”  Have you looked back on years spent on a seemingly fruitless career and wondered, “What’s the point of it all?” ...

dreams in which I’m dying

“The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.” – Roland Orzabal, Mad World These lyrics, though they seem morbid at first, actually have some inspiring truth. You see, dreams that...

Is God holding out on you?

“Is God holding out on me…?” I have found myself asking that question… more than once in the last few years. Have you been there yourself? Doubted? Questioned? Waited? For far too long… For...

the narrow road.

I have been praying a lot recently about serving. What is my ministry? And within days a good friend of mine approached me with this program called “Pearls” to mentor to young girls about...

my drowning orchid

I have this orchid. Or should I say “had”… My mom and I saw some on sale at OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware, similar to Home Depot for those of you who don’t live in...