This is a prayer for those who are in mourning, who grieve during this Advent and Christmas season. Creating space to feel and name pain is a God-given practice that we need. The grief you have might come and go. It might be an old pain that you are used to carrying or it might be a new... Continue Reading →
Dear Momma
Dear Momma, You died. A year ago today I was holding your dead hand. For hours I sat with your body as it blanched, as it grew cold. Your fingers were starting to not look like your fingers. I couldn’t stop crying. They came for you, to take you and I wailed. Because... Continue Reading →
Advent in the Dark (Or The First Year….)
(These are thoughts that have been rattling around my head and that we are talking about a lot in our church community--thankful for those honest pastors...) Woman with Candle Casper David Friedrich, 18th century, Germany When I was about 7, I took swimming lessons at the wave pool. During class the waves were turned... Continue Reading →
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