What I am learning as I give up social media for Lent…
#1 – I seek praise, sympathy, solidarity through social media. The smallest, most insignificant thing could happen and my first instinct is to post it…
Katie Z.
Winter is Coming
As an introvert, I dont often make small talk with fellow passengers on a flight. Now that you can use a kindle during taxi and…
With Careful Intention
I have a nasty smart phone habit. Every commercial break, every need to stretch, every chance I get, I check my phone. I browse through…
This Christmas mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage…
Pen Pals and Pinky Promises
I have never been great at long-distance relationships. I have no idea how my husband and I made it for two years apart at two…
Expectations and Realities
Sermon based on Luke 1:39-55 and Matthew 11:2-6 About a year ago, I began working with Imagine No Malaria here in the Iowa Conference, and…
The praise of crickets
Today, I discovered this recording of crickets, overlayed with the same recording slowed down. Their song is a hymn… voices in harmony… like the sounds…
The Side of the Road
I had an experience last week that deeply shook me. My dad asked me to come help him move farm equipment as he moved from…