Today marks the 12th anniversary of the passing of our daughter, Isabella Grace, who was tragically stillborn at 36 weeks. Although we’ve honored her passing every year since her birth on January 7, 2008, this year feels more significant than all the rest.  There is a sense of completion. I am not entirely surprised by…

Dark and barren – spiraling alone, In trust, she sets her face like a flint. Beholding fire of another stone, She receives of his shining imprint.   Shekinah glory upon on her face, She rises to impart what’s gathered. Brave and confident, she takes her place. Traveling light, she’s never tattered.   Her gravity’s known…

To Anoint a King- (My Prayer for the People) By Kerry Hasenbalg The trees went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’ Judges 9:8 Like trees of the field, We long for a king, To bind up the wounds on our broken wings. Restorer of…

“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to BECOME in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.” Ephesians 4:15 “I like this Nutmeg Shell because it speaks to me of truth in love. said our son, Cole, at age 12. Granted, this conversation was happening because, at…

“A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.” Proverbs 10:1 On February 12, 2013, exactly 6 years ago today, our then 10-year-old son, Cole wrote a letter to his “future self,” to be delivered to him exactly 6 years in the future. That letter arrived today, February…

On rare occasions, it seems to me, God will allow someone who doesn’t yet know you, to see you for who you truly are in God. To really see you in your own BECOMING.  And when this happens, it is God alone who gets the glory, because it isn’t something “known” to them. Although, it…

“God, pick up the pieces, and put me back together again.” Jer. 17:13 Mommy, I love when glass breaks and you just re-treat it,” remarked five-year-old, Annika, in witnessing my reaction to the accidental shattering of one of my new hand-blown wine glasses. There was a great deal of irony surrounding this particular glass-breaking incident…

“But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.  Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.  Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? Job…

Jesus said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” Mark 4:40-41. When I went out to walk the beach early this morning, I found all the shells and…

“I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for he has clothed me with garments of salvation.  He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness.” Isaiah 61:10 On December 1, 2018, my children and I found this bountiful seashore along our beach path. Most people see a pile…