• Breath and Ashes and Dust

    “For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband?” 1 Cor 7:16 We’re nearing two decades of walking through life together. Like all marriages, this one has had a multitude of ups and downs, highs and lows, heartaches and celebrations. Never really knowing what we were doing (do we even know, now?), we

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  • 38 to 39

    Last night I put my hand to my heart. I don’t know why it landed there but after a deep breath or two, I felt its beat and was startled with wonder. There is an actual heart beating life through this body. This was the first year I have felt fully alive, fully present, fully

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  • Thanksgiving | Eucharisteo

    When I first came to Jesus, I remember having a conversation with my friend about how to teach children the art of gratitude; the discipline and obedience and joy found in “eucharisteo”. She told me, “go for a walk and point out everything. Teach them to say ‘thank you for the butterflies and the flowers

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  • Faith & Art Journaling

    For my 36th birthday I was gifted a journaling bible. Ever since, my quiet time has taken on a new look, new peace, new fresh ideas. Art-journaling in my bible has become such a gift to me. Spending the time to slow down and sink in to the word of God and allowing artful worship

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  • O HOLY NIGHT

    It’s the Monday before Christmas. The sun is hiding behind the clouds and the house is quiet. I love mornings like these: still, quiet, cozy. But I know what’s coming…the list. The list of last minute things that need to be purchased or wrapped or cleaned or baked. But this morning, I’ll take all of

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  • feast/famine

    I’m mad…Scratch that. I’m indifferent. Which is…worse, I think. My heart is fighting with my brain. The devil is fighting with my Spirit. If at first I was angry, indifference has now settled in and is trying to spread out of the corners and into my core. And how hard it is for me to

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  • wrecked.

    Story has become extremely important to me over the last year and a half. I believe it started when my work (photographing families) became less of what it was that I loved about it in the first place. I wanted the images I create to represent the love and promise that we have for each

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