Adam’s delight. This my friend—my sister—texts after looking at the pictures from our trip, just those two words and a series of hearts, having arrived in seconds at the treasure I will carry with me long after even our memories of summer have faded.  Adam’s delight, that wild smile stretching wide across his lean face, […]

At the end of a day that feels like two, Riley greets us laughing, bouncing can’t wait on her heels. She can barely get out the words. “While you guys were gone, Adam told Alexa to add seahorse to the shopping list.” Catching the story from somewhere upstairs, Adam runs down now, his feet beating […]

I love the light when it’s fresh at the start of the day.  It’s like a clean window we’ve not yet touched with our fingers; like the diaphanous edges of some sacred space.  Sitting on the porch in the morning feels like resting in the palm of God’s hand as He slowly opens his fingers.  This […]

For me, digging in the dirt is breathing deeply. It is a hundred different things at once, and among them freedom, imagination, fragrance, heat. This time of year, I’d rather be outside than in.  The hours out there run away on the breeze, and it returns bringing me peace and joy and conversations with God.  […]

Ocracoke is a beautiful island, and our life here for the last week has been like a dream. This is my view, sitting on the deck, where today writing follows lectio divina.  On at least one evening, I finished the day in this spot, as the last evidence of the dying sun melted into the […]

At the end of a magical Christmas, it snowed.  While we slept, the snow softly blanket the lawn, the house, the roads, our cars.  We woke to pristine, glistening, breathtaking beauty all around us.  I’ve always loved that verse in Isaiah 1, “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the LORD.  ‘Though your sins […]