cultivating the beautiful ordinary by sharing our tales and our tables
“How was your son’s wedding?” someone asks, and Tim and I exchange glances, hoping the other can supply adequate words. We try to describe the beauty, the goodness, and the joy of the celebration, but our words fall short for all of what our hearts are holding.
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“Beauty may be the most powerful thing on earth.” –Stasi Eldredge Recently my nineteen-year-old son and I took a trip to Colorado. While my youngest attended summer school and my husband worked, Seth and I set off for five days of adventure in the Rocky Mountains. Seth had just finished his freshman year in college,…
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It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Our family had intentionally gone to church early that morning so we could head out into the beautiful Colorado Mountains and explore what God had for us. The sky had my favorite wispy clouds streaked through them.
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Clouds move in and the wind picks up. Sunny, blue skies turn gray and thunder ripples west. Another Saturday’s desperate attempt at play, thwarted.
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It’s been 2 weeks since we moved the first rock, and it’s still an unfinished project.
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We moved over the weekend. This means, of course, that I do not know the location of my favorite brush, or the mustard.
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Sometimes the thing that makes us shine comes when we encounter the Kingdom of heaven as it breaks through into our lives on earth.
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