When I drive through the upstate of South Carolina, there’s something about signs for “Columbia” that make my mind and heart fall silent....

In convertendo: “When the LORD turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with...

Two Sundays ago, I felt how Palm Sunday seems to represent all Sundays for me. Dear Lord, I am always so full of praise and thanksgiving...

My rationality tells me that a year should end with longing and a new year begin with celebration, but the Church year surprises me. The...

The earth is preparing for cold, shedding its layers to receive the winter wind with all the nakedness of real love. That always...

This rested girl contemplating the slow movement of fog across mountains, this girl with words filling her head, taking time to listen to...

I gazed at the sun through a tree tonight. I always want to gaze at the sun, but I told myself that maybe it wouldn't hurt through a...

I don't know why we celebrate the Transfiguration in August, but it seems only fitting for its feast to come the day after my birthday....

I still remember the first time I ate supper with Ethan's family. I sat while they prayed, letting the tide of their voices ebb around...

More and more I'm realizing a certain dream of mine for the future. In the midst of my prayer about it last night, I felt like a child,...

“But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have...

I wish you could have seen the sweet joy on my 4th graders’ faces when I told them Easter was still going on in the church calendar....

What does it mean for water to be living? I’ve always been drawn to water, whether that be the little streamlet in our backyard at home,...

"Zion be not dismayed, for behold, thy God cometh, Alleluia." Cometh like the dawn, Dayspringing from dark dryness, Pillar of fire...

“I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house, nor climb up into my bed; I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to...

The priest on Sunday told us we are made in His image, and I’m inclined to believe him. Have you ever thought how the heart is really a...

Last night, as I was walking in the dog park missing my dog, there was a sun spot filtered through the leaves that looked like it...

“But it is vitally important at the outset to emphasize that there is no need for a log cabin, cottages, huts, in order to lead a life of...

I started off this week, recognizing how often my mind wanders during the day, how in the rush of my chaotic life, my thoughts of God are...

The world feels like it’s falling apart, doesn’t it? Last week, a restlessness and disturbance seemed to pervade every moment I was...