Tag: WakingEve

Family Ties, the good kind

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on cousins and the powerful part they play in sharing our stories. Mary hastened to her cousin not only for encouragement in her story but also to help be a part of Elizabeth’s. Cousins can have quite a powerful influence in our lives. Leviticus 25 tells us they even […]

Repairing the World with Tolkien and Gandalf the White (Word of the Year 2025 ‘Breathe’)

2 AM and she calls me ’cause I’m still awake… Sitting here on this New Year’s morning, my body growns under heavy eye lids to embrace the sweet surrender to sleep but her voice calls out to me from the deep. This is Her day, afterall. A most blessed and holy day. I’m not entirely […]

The Jesse Tree Journals

Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeMARY, JOSEPH, AND THE SIGN OF JONAH – Days 19-24Jonah 1:1-15, 2:1-11; Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-38; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-7; Matthew 2:1-12 “The great storm has come upon you because of me.” My son is called Jonah. At first he hated it. Every time someone smartly repeated “Jonah […]

The Jesse Tree Journals

Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeA SLING, A TORCH 🔥, A CHARIOT, AND A LION 🦁- Days 15-181 Samuel 17:1,4,8-11,32-37,40-511 Kings 3:5-28; 2 Kings 2:1-13; Daniel 6:4-5,7-13,17-28 “Only a youth.” I shared a dream once with an elder brother, in it lay the depths of truth and I wondered at why the Lord would have […]