A friend recommended that I purchase the book “Psalms of a laywoman” written by Edwina Gateley. I had not read any of Gateley’s work before, but I have found myself immersed in her Psalms, they seem to speak to the heart and give a voice to some of my deepest emotions. There is one Psalm […]
Month: June 2026
Counting What Counts
In a recent meeting, I was challenged over the idea of success and failure from a smaller church perspective. In the notes that I took at the meeting, I wrote a question How Do You Measure Faithfulness? This blog is the result of my “mulling over” that question. Faithfulness is one of the most celebrated […]
What’s Left When The Labels Go?
We all wear labels. Some are given to us by others: successful, difficult, talented, quiet, ambitious. Others become adopted: parent, student, leader, failure, survivor. Over time, these labels can become so familiar that we mistake them for our identity. Yet life has a way of exposing how fragile many of these definitions are. Careers change. […]
Seasoned & Illuminated
Most of us don’t think much about salt or light. They’re so ordinary that we barely notice them—until they’re missing. Yet these are the two images Jesus chose when describing His followers in Matthew 5. Not kings, warriors, or celebrities. Salt and light. Simple things that quietly make a difference. Salt works best when it […]