Quiet Thoughts

The Weaver and the Unmarked Road – A Parable for Anxious Hearts - Abide and Reflect

The Weaver and the Unmarked Road – A Parable fo...

Mara’s secret was simple: she never planned a pattern. Each morning she prayed, selected a single thread, and trusted the tapestry would reveal itself one row at a time.

The Weaver and the Unmarked Road – A Parable fo...

Mara’s secret was simple: she never planned a pattern. Each morning she prayed, selected a single thread, and trusted the tapestry would reveal itself one row at a time.

The Lantern Keeper – A Story for the Spiritually Empty - Abide and Reflect

The Lantern Keeper – A Story for the Spirituall...

A few villagers noticed that the glow was fainter, the warmth less inviting. One night, when a widow came to grieve alone in the back pew, the flame sputtered so...

The Lantern Keeper – A Story for the Spirituall...

A few villagers noticed that the glow was fainter, the warmth less inviting. One night, when a widow came to grieve alone in the back pew, the flame sputtered so...

Grace for What You Wish You Could Undo - Abide and Reflect

Grace for What You Wish You Could Undo

The gate creaked open like it hadn’t been used in years. The garden, overgrown and wild, still held a strange kind of beauty. The woman walked the path slowly, reverently,...

Grace for What You Wish You Could Undo

The gate creaked open like it hadn’t been used in years. The garden, overgrown and wild, still held a strange kind of beauty. The woman walked the path slowly, reverently,...

Trusting God with What You Can’t Control - Abide and Reflect

Trusting God with What You Can’t Control

Her hands stilled. Rain kept pounding, but something shifted: fear lost its monopoly. Keeper’s next words were nearly drowned by thunder: “Peace isn’t the absence of storm. It’s the presence...

Trusting God with What You Can’t Control

Her hands stilled. Rain kept pounding, but something shifted: fear lost its monopoly. Keeper’s next words were nearly drowned by thunder: “Peace isn’t the absence of storm. It’s the presence...

When You Need to Start Again - Abide and Reflect

When You Need to Start Again

She stepped through the gate, heart pounding and halted in surprise. A man knelt among the weeds, hands tending the garden gently. He turned and smiled without a trace of...

When You Need to Start Again

She stepped through the gate, heart pounding and halted in surprise. A man knelt among the weeds, hands tending the garden gently. He turned and smiled without a trace of...

Fully Known, Deeply Loved – A Parable for the Unworthy Heart - Abide and Reflect

Fully Known, Deeply Loved – A Parable for the U...

"There was once a potter," he began, "who shaped a vessel with great care. He didn’t rush. He spun the clay slowly, pressing and molding with intention. When the vessel...

Fully Known, Deeply Loved – A Parable for the U...

"There was once a potter," he began, "who shaped a vessel with great care. He didn’t rush. He spun the clay slowly, pressing and molding with intention. When the vessel...