by paracletepress | Jun 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Friends, this is a post a wrote several years ago that is speaking to me in this season. I hope it speaks to you, too. Can tapping into our creativity help us transcend chronic pain and illness? Can art heal not only our bodies but also our soul and spirit? Questions...
by paracletepress | Jun 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Not long ago, during a time when stress and fatigue had taken their toll on my body, I booked a weekend away at a local bed and breakfast. Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, I watched breathtaking mountain sunsets, delighted in deer frolicking in the...
by paracletepress | Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m thrilled to be featured at Christianity Today’s Gifted For Leadership site today. Check out my article, “Married, Spiritually Single, and Called to Lead.” Here’s a little blurb to whet your appetite: As a married woman in leadership...
by paracletepress | Oct 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Simple living can seem elusive. In a world focused on achieving and accumulating more and bumper stickers that read, “He who dies with the most toys wins,” the reality of simple living seems like some pie-in-the sky ambition, a trend. Despite the proliferation of...
by paracletepress | Jan 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
“There is a fine balance between presenting to You all my weakness and thinking it can’t be done.” ~Joni Eareckson Tada Disability. Deformity. Two words I feared that could change the course of my life forever. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and related...
by paracletepress | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 NRSV A casual...
