Listening for Clarity
When I listen for clarity, I release all the anxiety and fear surrounding me, silencing doubts, and boldly pursuing the dreams God has firmly fixed upon my mind. I aim to live within that [...]
Change of Seasons
The changing of a season can provide comfort or enthusiasm, or a sense of dread and ill-prepared temperament. In some moments, the languid heat of summer is a welcome respite from spring’s fresh awareness, [...]
Holding Pattern
The in-between moment can feel full of implausibility; an unlikelihood down a particular path. Yet I can remain calm while assuredly stepping forth, knowing that God’s direction is best – that the progression forward, [...]
A Balancing Act
A number of years ago, I found myself living this in-between season, as my adorable young daughters urged me to provide them space in their tiny lives, to allow them choices of meals and clothing [...]
A Golden Canopy of Butterflies
“Look Dien, the butterfly returned again! The Lord made a new ‘leaf’ on it!” The yellow insect stretched into the sunlight, and fluttered away. Huib danced in the garden near the low-hanging banyan, arms in [...]
Perfect Love
When will God’s love be enough? Until we struggle through the deep issue of accepting God’s love and thriving within that realm, truly experiencing freedom and joy in the freshest way, can we provide [...]
Pikes Peak Sunsets
I've lived 23 years of my life in Colorado. Favorite Pikes Peak moments always seem to be the sunsets, where the light seeps beyond the outline of the mountain as though falling behind clouds [...]