in this house

This post marks my last few hours in this house. Movers are finishing up. I’m walking the halls. So many significant things have happened here: Luke and Lane turned 3 and then 4 in this house. We welcomed baby Elle in this house. We have enjoyed the company of...

“Two Seas”

As I sit at our table and watch the movers pack us up to return to San Diego, I’m reminded of the post I wrote right before we came here in 2011. I’m thinking back to that time of impending transition even as I’m lurching forward into another...

you’ve been promised, we’ve been waiting

O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. *** Tears are falling, hearts are breaking How we need to hear from God You’ve been promised,...

my birthday wish

Today is my 37th birthday, and here is my birthday wish: THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE BEING A FRIEND TO MYSELF INSTEAD OF AN ENEMY. This has been the single greatest revelation of the last year. Basically, there are so few things in life that I can...

christmas is God’s greatest poetry

Inching toward Christmas . . . beginning to hold space for what it all means. I am awed by this today: God could have saved us in a single word. He could have saved us by a wave of his hand. He could have just simply “fixed” everything. And yet, he...