As much as I absolutely LOVE the holiday season, this time of year can be really stressful. Every year, I tell myself I'll start my shopping earlier. I'll get those holiday photo cards ordered before December 15. I'll pre-plan my Christmas cooking. I won't last minute shop for the kids' teachers and have them sign
Author: Jenn
Of Coffee, Benches, and Friendship
I sat down for a cup of coffee with a friend today at a local coffee shop and had a conversation about life. It may seem like not such a big deal, and the realist in my head is trying to convince me it's not, but really? It is. You see a little over two
When God Grieves with Us
I took this picture on the way home Saturday afternoon. The clouds, draped over the Ko'olaus, so full of sorrow, so heavy with tears. As if they knew today, Sunday, would come. My own heart that evening felt overwhelmed with emotion. I cried Your tears during worship at church on Saturday night. My home church,
Answering the Call: Do You Let God Go to Voicemail?
I slump down in the late afternoon sun on my worn out blue fold up chair. My son sits beside me in the grass near the courts - his chair, red. Lost in another humorous book borrowed from the library, he pays no attention to his two younger sisters as they mix in with other