Dishes in the quiet mornings before sweet-girl wakes.Watching her little fingers explore the piano.Reading board books and feeding homemade yogurt.Dreaming of first birthday parties.Prayers whispered over end-of-the-night bottles. Playing in her highchair while I work - she's happiest close to mama.First thing good-morning-snuggles.Praying for the fruits of the Spirit in my motherhood. Her first word, … Continue reading The Quiet Moments of Motherhood
This article was originally published with Convivium. Since I was a little girl, I’ve loved to bake and I’ve wanted to be a mom. I grew up in a community that places a high level of importance on hospitality and that has always been a value in my life. For a time, I viewed hospitality … Continue reading The Art of the Home
To my daughter, on International Womens Day. I'm thinking of you as I scroll through posts and pictures of women. Women marked as strong, by every possible definition. And I wanted to talk to you about strength. Because you see, there's something you have to know about being strong. Being strong is all about Jesus. … Continue reading An Open Letter to My Daughter on International Women’s Day …
Prophecy. Words of the past echoing into the future, calling out for things yet to come. Words that are a promise of God, filling a void in our hearts and souls. Words that bring truth, words that bring hope. Hope. The first Sunday of advent marks the celebration and remembrance of the hope God has … Continue reading Prophecy & Hope
This article was originally published with Convivium. Four years ago, I bought a set of pictures. Pictures of little woodland creatures in their adventures, tumbling down waterfalls and into cool lakes. Pictures that waited for the bedroom of a little one. Pictures that waited in a chest. In a chest for four years. But they're … Continue reading Eyes Wide for a Child of God
This article was originally published with Convivium. Failure is a deeply painful learned skill. It reminds each of us with crushing clarity that we are not always good enough. We can't always fix it. We can't always do it. It’s a learned skill because it has the ability to mold, shape, strengthen and equip us … Continue reading When Christians Fall Short
This article was originally published with Faith Counts. Many faith traditions are rooted in the practice of hospitality; that kind and generous welcoming of visitors and strangers. Be it striving to serve the poor, welcoming refugees or embracing a child in foster care, it is often people of faith who seek to show hospitality and … Continue reading Radical Hospitality
This article was originally published with Convivium. I sat as a child with sticky jam-covered fingers wrapped around each other as I was taught to pray. Snack time at my children’s Bible program had concluded, and it was time to learn how to pray using my fingers. Hands together and sitting in my little orange … Continue reading Broken Hallelujahs For Canada
This article was originally published with Convivium. Ten days. It had only been 10 days, or it had already been 10 days, depending on the point of view. Looking back, it doesn’t seem long, however, in the moment? The metaphorical clock must have ticked so slowly, the disciples painfully aware of every second passing by. … Continue reading Desperates Seeking the Spirit
This article was originally published with Convivium. I was sitting in a wildly uncomfortable desk chair underneath flickering fluorescent lights when a school-wide favourite teacher posed the question: Why do we pray? That may sound like an incredibly simple question or a deeply philosophical one depending on how you approach it, but either way the … Continue reading The Point of Our Prayers
