My most recent, finished, reads span a rather intriguing theme. A theme that God wants us all to love all of God’s people, regardless of how our world views them. Your God is Too Small, would not be a find that I would initially grab. It was a required book for some coursework that I…
Affirming Who You’re Becoming
Last year I gave myself a quiet resolution to speak affirmations more. In my work through the years I have observed and noticed a lot of individuals growing into amazing people and do some amazing things. Sadly, I often have held onto those noticings under my own self-talk of “they don’t want a creeper”, “I…
Hope Vocation Brokeness & Imperfections
I get asked somewhat regularly what I am reading or for some recommendations. In 2019 I have a goal to read a bunch of the books that I aquired over 2018 but never read. I also have a goal to re-read some of the books that I feel I reference more frequently in my work…
For A Mother-To-Be
In this season of advent, may we walk with the Blessed Mother Mary, and all the other mothers-to-be in our lives. A blessing for a mother-to-be, by John O’Donohue Nothing coud have prepared Your heart to open like this. From beyond the skies and the stars This echo arrived inside you And started to pulse…
In Solitude
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing…
Clowning In Rome
One of the best expressions of the way, I hope, we live the Christian life is found in the introduction of a little book by Henri Nouwen. This expression has walked and inspired me for over a decade and continues today. The little book, “Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation”, is…
