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Flexible joy is about finding and seeking joy in unexpected places, using our problems and our pains to connect and create beauty,  smashing  rigidity Being brave and hopeful about the next steps Redefining and changing perspectives Prioritizing what is important with our eyes open to gratitude.

Somewhere someone is hungry.  That person is someone’s friend. Somewhere some day a life is torn by war. That person is someone’s daughter.  Those soldiers are someone’s children.  The person laughing and the person crying,  They are friends, All under the same stars,  Just trying to get by, Thriving or…

Unexpected plot twists, triumphs, and adventures. We are pushed and pulled by the invisible forces of time and space… introduced to new opportunities and challenges. We are touched by characters and connections. We are part of something bigger. We are driven by imagination, hope, and love. We carry in our…

“And ye, beneath life’s crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing. O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing!” (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) Today is a day that invites…

There once was an oyster who got sand in its shell. Although the sand was just a tiny grain, it was painful. They oyster did not give up hope, but learned to use that sand, to work through it, and to work on it. The sand was transformed into a…

Being human is hard these days. Our news is filled with stories of catastrophes, tragedies, and terror.  Technology is quick to bring us news of the latest disaster.  Most animals don’t spend time reflecting and ruminating over what could have been and what could be.  We humans have stress not…

There was a short story that I read in college in which the narrator described what it felt like to have snow gradually fill up his mind.  People debated about what the story represented; I liked to think of the snow as death slowly and peacefully filling up the narrator’s…

Pain, sickness, fear, tragedy, death… They are part of this imperfect world. Sometimes we are in the thick of suffering; we cannot see clearly because the smoke clouds our view of God’s glory. We struggle to find God’s goodness when we are just fighting to catch our breath. Yet, God’s…

A Time and A Season for Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qexh7DOtrsI My friend shared a song about time that really impacted my faith; I can’t stop listening to the lyrics as I ponder seasons and cycles.  Opening and closing chapters has always been hard for me.  I find comfort in predictability, rituals, and…