HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray this year is filled with more curiosity than criticism, more peace than perfectionism, more flow than frustration, and more joy and love than...well, anything else! For both of us. (I'm hosting a free gathering to start the year with this intention together... scroll to the bottom for more info). the closer I get to pursuing this goal, the more elusive it feels... God really got my attention the other day about my desire for this year. I have a specific goal in mind -...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
“I am the light of the world,” Jesus said. “Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” — John 8:12 It's certainly been awhile. My last message here was... Easter! Sheesh. Despite my best intentions to send encouragement and support twice monthly, at this rate I'm lucky if I make it twice a YEAR! 🙄. But that's going to change. Maybe you can help. More on that in a minute. First, I mainly wanted to share the beautiful video above in hopes it would bless...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
HAPPY EASTER! By the time you see this it may be after the fact, but I pray the celebration of Jesus' resurrection has brought a renewed sense of your own. You may not feel like it, but it doesn't change the Truth: When you began a relationship with Jesus you were brought to life as an entirely new amazing creation, full of possibilities, full of a meaningful life, for all eternity. My hope is that we can all RISE UP and realize this for ourselves more and more. By the way, last month's post...
10 months ago • 4 min read
FROM THE COUCH... How we wait makes all the difference We went to find the sun in Phoenix last week. Hasn’t rained there in 7 months. It poured. So hard that at one point during our seminar the sound system couldn’t even compete with the rain pounding the roof. (We chose to believe it was the Holy Spirit raining down for the participants 😇). Then, we then headed to the gulf coast of Florida to bask. Unseasonably warm weather. Until we arrived. And it poured. The Rhines are quite obviouly...
11 months ago • 3 min read
FROM THE COUCH... Welp. When last we spoke (a few weeks ago?!), I was in the midst of a sauerkraut experiment. I know you’ve been on pins n' needles since, so let me address that first: I actually did like it! At the least, I think knowing where it came from and what was in it (I made it - with nothing other than cabbage, some spices, and filtered water) helped. So I had some certainty, even in the uncertainty. But lest you worry this is another ridiculous food blog (maybe it’s only me, but...
11 months ago • 3 min read
FROM THE COUCH... As a child, the only thing worse to me than liver and onions was the sauerkraut at Kennedy Middle School. No offense to Mrs. Clumsky the lunch lady, but that stuff was nasty! Slimy and soaked in salt, it looked like a pile of dead albino worms sloshing around on my plate. Which is why it’s surprising that I would agree to my friend Anne coming over to teach me how to make sauerkraut last weekend. But, it’s been years since I’ve tried it (maybe it’s different now?), and the...
12 months ago • 3 min read
From the couch... Have you ever gotten so hooked on a TV series that it was kind of discombobulating when it ended with no resolution? Maybe it wasn’t renewed so they didn’t have the chance to wrap everything up with a nice bow. Or maybe, as is my case so often, you’ve signed up for a free trial of something (like, ESPN - so I could see the Buckeyes win! 🏈👏) and gotten sucked into some show. But the free trial ended and now you’re left hanging 🤨. You may be surprised to know this is how we...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
From the couch... … which is where I’ve been basically stuck for the last 6 weeks. More on that in a minute. But since I am kind of trapped, I figured it’s as good a time as any to reengage some relationships. With myself, God, and you - if you choose to come along. But first, a little backstory (where I've been) Almost 3 years ago, I closed my coaching and therapy practice to work for Healing Care Ministries, as the Executive Director of The Healing Care Center. It was an opportunity to make...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read