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{ punctuate : sunday afternoon }

In August of 2017, I stepped away from my role as a vocalist on the worship team at my church. I chose to stop singing publically because I needed rest, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I needed to step back into a space of full-time receiving. It had been two years since my last sabbatical, and… Continue reading { punctuate : sunday afternoon }

{perspective} · {waiting room}

{ quote : healing & mercy }

“Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for [my] power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

—2 Corinthians 12:8–10 (HCSB)

 

“Even as we are caught in a web of hurt and brokenness, we are also in a web of healing and mercy.”

—Bryan Stevenson
in his book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

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{ waiting room : the face of healing }

I began the new year recovering from a violent stomach bug. It started early that Sunday morning and my friend Kelly had graciously offered to bring me supplies that afternoon, particularly electrolyte water, which I have learned usually prevents these viruses from getting the better of me. Sadly, the virus beat her to me. Around… Continue reading { waiting room : the face of healing }