Words Creating Space

Allowing more space within to conceive of God's goodness

  • Social Media and Lent

    On this Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, I feel burdened and weary from the chaotic state of the world and I know that I’m not alone. I would like to encourage you to let this burdened feeling propel you towards God. As Ash Wednesday approaches, I’d like to invite you to join me on a Lenten Read more

  • Reframing Election Day

    Today is Election Day in the US and I want to offer Christians a challenge to view this day within the framework of God’s ongoing work of Creation. This perspective has brought life to me as I’ve navigated grief and I believe it can bring life to all of us as we play our part Read more

  • The Power Of Lament

      Writing has been a healing practice for me and a way to process the pain over my son’s death in June. Until this time, I have only written as a private exercise to acknowledge and express what I’m thinking and feeling. I feel that since this summer, I have been experiencing perpetual lament. Now Read more

  • Pay Attention to Your Tears

    Have you been surprised by your tears while watching a movie, listening to music or attending a worship service? At a certain moment, something deep inside you connects to something you see or hear and triggers a response. Longing or desires within us bubble up unbidden and we wonder where they came from. When we Read more

  • God’s Powerful Presence

    Our first Lenten post spoke about our desire for our readers to have a more wondrous view of God, a view that is overwhelmed by His magnificence so that you yearn to be in relationship with Him in a deep and meaningful way.  God longs to be in relationship with us, to complete us in Read more

  • God’s Patience 

    I’m praying that my young adult children will have a growing capacity for the Lord as they navigate life’s twists and turns upon this earth. I pray that this capacity will be nurtured by an awareness that they were made to be completed by something this present world can’t fully provide. This awareness can be Read more