Morning Devotions

  • the salt. the light. the simplicity.

    I am ingesting the Sermon on the Mount verse by verse these days and the verse below was my morning contemplation. As I pondered and reflected, I was reminded of an article I wrote several years ago for a publication… Continue reading

    the salt. the light. the simplicity.
  • be still

    So as I have been doing the hard work of studying to be quiet, the Lord thundered another Word in my spirit during yet another one of my sessions of angst. Around the beginning of this year – fully a… Continue reading

    be still
  • be quiet

    Be quiet. The gray, white, and brown of the landscape makes me think the winter artist paid a visit to Chip and Joanna at the Silos and gained inspiration from the color scheme they have made famous. The spaces of… Continue reading

    be quiet
  • the filter of first

    “I can’t think in the morning. My body gets up, but my brain doesn’t wake up until noon.” “I am SO not a morning person.” “My mornings are chaotic. No way can I connect with God.” “I’m a young mom.… Continue reading

    the filter of first