Winter 2020/21 was a bit brutal with Covid making its mark. To be a super contagious virus, Covid swept through our family independently. Each of us have had it at different times avoiding catching it from each other. Silas came down with it in October, after being exposed to someone who had it. He had…
Revised post from December 2012 “Focus, Silas, focus,” seems to play like a broken record around our house these days. Off to accomplish the simple instruction to brush his teeth, which should be a quiet affair. From the bathroom, I hear singing and the countertop has become the little drummer boy’s drum. Instead of yelling from…
“Hey Janae! Did you mean to…?” The answer was, “NO!” I did not mean to send that email to 60 plus people outside of my teams. Adding insult to injury, I quickly discovered this email also contained wrong times for an upcoming event. The 60 plus people happen to include my boss and his boss…
Out of nowhere a powerful blow is delivered. It is – the not looking for it, didn’t see that one coming that throws us off. But to be hit twice unexpectedly is more than one can take. The shortest Psalm in the Bible offers a type of subtle double sucker punch in the most positive…
Distant, unconcerned, lack of power, and control is the God described in the popular series called Supernatural. We wonder sometimes, when things do not happen on our time table or things do not happen in the way we feel makes the most sense, if God has taken an extended leave of absence. The time I…
Have you ever had one of those moments where you want to retract a combination of words that spilled out of your mouth? Being an extrovert, unfortunately, I have had my share of moments. There have been times where I meant to say the words and other times I never intended for the words to…
“How does she do it?” Three jobs, goes to school, leads a Bible study and a home that looks like it could be featured in Joanna Gaines’ next issue of her Magnolia Journal. “She’s probably not happy and secretly suffers from panic attacks,” we tell ourselves. And she probably does! Whoever “she” is in our…
Alone, unknown, out of place, and out of sorts reflect the feelings I have felt over the past couple of years since we moved. Job transitions, school transitions, and struggling to find a place to call home were all difficult. Leaving a place where we had a rich history in relationships to a place where…
Do you know the creepy sensation when you feel someone or something is behind you? I was walking down a sidewalk with destination in site and the odd feeling came over me like something was behind me. Keep on walking and pick up the pace or do I turn around and face whatever or whomever…
Like a rug ripped out from underneath my feet, I have spent the past couple of years trying to rediscover my purpose. It’s been almost 25 years since my knees were bent to the earth in the garden frantically pulling weeds, when God’s heart touched mine and the seed of a call to write was…