Gaining a heart of wisdom
I've started early this year. I'm paying attention to the arrival of the light, watching the sunrise spread a layer of clear radiance across the cold ground. My long-time Advent practice has come looking for me and has found me in the midst of the Thanksgiving season. I'm not sorry. Whenever I read the morning… Continue reading Morning by Morning, New Mercies I See
A hymnal is one of the books I use almost daily in my devotional routine, and I love Thanksgiving hymns in November. Their tried and true words and melodies call up visions of harvested fields, gatherings around a loaded table, and God's "countless gifts of love." I learned one of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns in… Continue reading Thank God for What He’s Given You Now
I discovered Be Thou My Vision, the classic hymn, when I was in my twenties during a season when my own vision was clouded by uncertainty about the future and lack of clarity about my calling. It was a beautiful and poetic way for me to howl, "Show me, LORD! What is true? What is… Continue reading Time-Bound and Short-Sighted, We Need God to be Our Vision
