Uncovering Life's Treasures
The beauty of our journey is often found in unexpected moments. The stranger who pays for our meal, the “good” report after rounds of hopeless health updates, the sudden promotion, a serenade on our birthday from coworkers we thought didn’t like us, the discovery of $5 in a jeans pocket. If we sit still and ponder the…
I live a pretty demanding life. It’s liberating to confess I don’t practice self-care well. That is, well enough not to feel like I’m moving about life with warnings from within that I’m a few miles to empty. I’ve failed at making myself a priority. Until I finally heard God. He said, be still and…
Today I was the guest reader for young scholars attending Covenant United Methodist Church’s Freedom School in Springfield, Ohio. I read the book Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed. The book celebrates the perseverance and imagination of the first African American woman astronaut, Mae Jemison, as a young girl. I love the book and…
But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. – Psalm 3:3