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Pondering the Birth of Jesus

Pondering the Birth of Jesus

Hey friends, welcome Ellen Chauvin to our porch. I wrote for her a few weeks ago, Learning to Listen. Hop over there to remind yourself of how Ellen and I met. Ellen has an amazing Christmas e-book that she is gifting to her subscribers and she wants to offer it to Y’all too.  Ellen is a joy to be with and a steady, calm voice to my heart when I need it. Enjoy the words she has…

A Way to Fear-less When We are Fear-full

A Way to Fear-less When We are Fear-full

I began this post on fear about two years ago. What in the whirl? How can something I wrote two years ago resonate with me still!? I am able to just pick up and continue writing because it’s that relevant. So relevant…like the first thing I thought of was me sitting poolside at my sister-in-law’s house a few days ago and decidedly moving myself inside because there were bats (yep, you read that correctly) swooping…

Learning What’s Real

Learning What’s Real

So, it’s been a little minute since we’ve talked. I’ve been doing what you do when your Momma moves in with Jesus. I’ve been sad, then glad, then tickled with a memory, then hit with the shock of it all over again. Me and my little Sis have been deep in a gazillion pictures and mementos. We have breathed deep in her scent still on her clothes and shook our head over enough costume jewelry…

God’s Waiting Room

God’s Waiting Room

I’ve been sitting around in a lot of waiting rooms lately. My Mom has had health issues that stopped us all for a little minute. She’s doing so well now but in the waiting it was tough.  We have never been alone in those rooms. In each chair, was a story. Some of their stories from a natural perspective seemed hopeless. Yet, each one there seemed to be seeking, doing their part, trusting that the…