I gathered up my courage and braved rush hour traffic in the city to attend a workshop a few days ago. Holding up her smartphone, my instructor said bluntly, “This is a Dream Killer.” She had been exhorting us to work hard and be disciplined in our pursuit of excellence. Reminding us that we have…
Category: Relationships
Listening
This weekend we were privileged to visit a landscape like no other we’d ever experienced. Steep mountainsides cut with waterfalls and topped with glaciers. Bare rock peaks wrapped in mist dropping into turquoise lakes. Not one peak, but hundreds standing shoulder to shoulder in every direction. The wind and the wildness pressed into us. There we…
Happy and Strong
Why am I thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas when it isn’t even summer yet?! What do the holidays have to do with my burning questions about whether God is happy and whether he’s happy with me? Some of you can identify with where I’m coming from in my hang-up with feelings of falling short. Some…
On the anniversary of her death recently, I realized it had been fifty years since my mother went home to be with Jesus. That’s a long time ago! Even at the time, although I had a very close relationship with her, I didn’t begrudge her the release from the illness that had drained the life…
When We’re Criticized
Ever been accused of something and you just wanted to defend yourself? Convince the other party that you’re right? That their accusation is wrong? Fight for yourself? Yep, me too. That’s called Ego. Our pride bristles at criticism. So we can cross swords and fight back or we can refuse to engage and find…
Help Along the Way
Husband was a college student. I had graduated and was supposed to be working to help get us by while he studied. But I was in the middle of a difficult first pregnancy that had forced me to leave the job I enjoyed. He had had to pick up the slack and work long hours…