On this Holy Saturday

On this Holy Saturday, I am resting and sitting in the tension between the death of Christ and the coming Resurrection that we remember on Easter Sunday. As I read Mark, John, Luke and Matthew’s accounts of the betrayal and trial and death of our Saviour I find myself wondering if I would have stayed…

Hi my name is Lori and it is a good name

With all the foundational, identity, and internal work God has been doing in my life, I have been seeking to discover who God made me. Something that I considered a small reminder of God’s love for me has proven to be something bigger than I could have imagined. Let me explain… I have gone by…

Music Monday: Even When I’m at My Darkest

is it possible that the Lord can use me at my worst? even when I don’t feel like I have everything together? even when I don’t feel okay? even when I didn’t practice everyday? even when I didn’t pray today? even when I’m in the middle of a muddy emotional-relational-place of healing process that leaves…

I Need A Father by Starfield

Hold me somebody Don’t let me be alone Love me, stay with me I am dying to be known My heart cries out I need a Father Whose love will never fail me A friend like no other Whose trusted arms will hold me I need a Father I am wounded But I tuck the…

Pierced ears

“Please Dad, pleeeeease?” I begged my dad to let me pierce my ears when I was a young tween. I just knew I just HAD to have my ears pierced. He always told me that I would have to wait til I was 16. But I guess my persistence paid off, because out of the…

Radiant Singleness

Excerpt from Sacred Singleness by Leslie Ludy: Rather than listening to advice and messages that breed discontentment with singleness, the best way to shed the “stigma” of being single is to joyfully and willingly receive it as the gift and opportunity that it is – becoming fully yielded to God, fully trusting that He can…

beauty in the eye of…the Father

Ladies, women, girls, this is for you. I came across some beautiful art, videos, and spoken word, and other poetry when my mom linked to this beautiful video, at this beautiful new site called: The Beheld. Watch this video: Love this poem, also on this site: BY JESSICA JENTINK makes me hate everything I am…

she

She is clothed with strength & dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. one of my favorite verses in Proverbs 31, verse 25. the end:

she shall be called Woman

The more years I live, the more aware I am at the perceived and forced limitations on being a woman. Economical, political, cultural and religious limitations. The last one is the one I wrestle with the most. As a little girl I observed women serving and working, most who appeared to be living their calling: missionaries, maids,…

The Father’s Love Letter

{image of Bible with pages folded together into a heart found via google, please let me know if it is yours and i can link or take it down} Dear Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up….

do you know who you are?

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. really beautiful video from the wonderfully made blog

I bite my tongue like Willow Smith whips her hair

I bite my tongue like Willow Smith whips her hair. I am very opinionated. But I find myself keeping those opinions very close and very guarded.  I am no master of debate, I do not enjoy confrontation, especially when I am being confronted, but I do enjoy a challenging discussion. My friend and brother Griffin…