After nearly ten years of blogging (how am I even old enough for that to be true?), I’m making the move to Substack. I won’t be deleting my blog, but I won’t be posting here either. I’m hoping Substack will allow for more community and connection – assuming I can figure out how to use … Continue reading the end of an era
Over the months I’ve had people ask me why I’m not on social media. My flippant answer is I don’t like who I am online. But to break it down further, I’d say I like who I am offline. Where there’s space to breathe. Or maybe, the world is better when you’re looking out the … Continue reading Learning to Create
1. In which I complete the Daniel Fast While it is easier to dull any discomfort I feel with media, or food, or a variety of other distractions, I’m not doing myself any favours by doing so. People need to be uncomfortable. We need to do hard things. We need to push ourselves, to be … Continue reading the spring revives the dormant
Today, when I want to keep asking Him why, He says, remember when you first loved me. Remember when you had nothing but open hands, Remember when you sought me. Today, when I want to keep asking Him why, He says, remember the times you called me King. Remember when you had nothing but surrender, … Continue reading Remember / Poem
1. the periphery glistens light catches eyes in the rearview mirror the glimmer seems sweeter than the cup handed from the One who knows better 2. the future is a lizard skin something to shed unless it holds answers wanting a promise from the One who holds the future in His hands 3. the child … Continue reading sweeter / poem
I love moments of stillness. The pause once the washing up is done. Walking to my car after work. The noise inside me stops in such moments, and there is a clarity, a peace. In the winding down, there is no rush into something else. Quiet is so important. It’s easy to fill days with … Continue reading I See Christ
A joy in starting my new job has been placing more importance on how I begin my day. My job starts earlier than the last, and the commute is longer, which has enforced a better sleep pattern and spending my time more wisely. But I have also found that the quality of my morning is … Continue reading To Start the Day
I started the year in one house, one job, one church, and I’m ending the year with new ones. My last day at my old job was the Friday before Christmas, and I begin the new next week. I feel mostly ready, but of course there are always the nerves at what is unknown. But … Continue reading That Time Again
I asked God to search me, To reveal the state of my soul. What I saw inside made me want to run, But God kept me close. He showed me two colours; The outer shell being deep blue. This layer was how much I loved Jesus Christ; It was me, renewed. The centre was bright … Continue reading Sanctified / Poem
Some time has passed since I last wrote. I turned twenty seven. I made pumpkin soup. I like winter because it is quiet. While it is in a sense a grand death, it is also subtle. It doesn’t draw attention to itself but slowly falls over the land. It reminds me that to grow is … Continue reading The Losses of Winter
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