August and September tend to be the months where I feel inspired to prepare for the second half of the year. I credit this to the multiple special anniversaries and events that fill the calendar and the anticipation of autumn, my favorite season. This year, thanks to Kendra Adachi’s book, the Lazy Genius, I’ve been…
We snuck away into the Blue Ridge Mountains for a couple days, just us three. It was exactly what we needed after an intense summer of Aaron’s CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) program. We rested by doing what we normally do with different scenery — cooler weather, a gorgeous blue horizon, and lots of cows and…
Alleluia, Christ is risen! Last week we welcomed family and friends to witness Emelia’s baptism. It was a beautiful, simple service with our community on campus. Warm evening light came in through the windows while the water was blessed and scooped up over her head. Loved ones surrounded us and we all lit up with…
Since moving to Virginia in August, we visited a new church almost every week in search of a place we could settle into as a family. Autumn’s leaves welcomed us into this months long journey and Washington D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms ushered us out. In that time my tiny newborn grew into a wiggly, almost…
Visio divina, Latin for divine or sacred seeing, is an invitation to prayerfully notice God’s presence with an image. This form of prayer uses the visible to nurture the invisible. In my own life, walking through a museum or art gallery, or even looking through a photo album can be a spiritual experience for me….
How do you know when it’s time to be silent? (I want to acknowledge that we are a people living after 2020-2021. Our experience of solitude and silence may be influenced by factors related to the pandemic: multiple lockdowns, social distancing, loss of consistent communal gathering, etc. Silence may not feel as centering as it…