Tag: reflection
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The Gift of a Good Stop
George Westinghouse built a train brake that stops the train when something goes wrong. A gentle thought on why slowing down is a gift.
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A Quiet Yes in a Cherry Tree
At seventeen, Robert Goddard climbed a cherry tree to trim dead branches and came down knowing what his life was for. Some of the biggest moments are the quietest.
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Brother Sun, Sister Water: A Song of Thanks for Ordinary Things
On the feast date of Saint Francis, a quiet look at the song he wrote while nearly blind, and at the humble, precious things he taught us to thank God for.
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The Man Who Drew Santa Claus Into Being
On the birthday of illustrator Thomas Nast, who quietly created the modern image of Santa Claus one magazine cover at a time, a reflection on the small, unglamorous work of making something.
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Bringing It All Under One Roof: Nine Years in the Making
After years of separating reflective writing from handmade goods, I finally realized they were never in conflict. Both were acts of love.
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Many Faces of God: Why I Started Looking
What began as photographing sacred images slowly became a search for the face of Christ through culture, suffering, memory, and contemplation.
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Be Salty: What Matthew 5:13 Finally Meant to Me
Salt preserves, flavors, heals, and endures. A reflection on what Christ meant when He called us the salt of the earth.
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The quiet architecture of sacrificial love
I think one of the greatest sadnesses in life is that we often do not fully understand our mothers until we ourselves begin growing older. As children, we see what they give us.As adults, we begin to see what it cost them to give it. Motherhood is strange that way. Much of its labor is…
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A Little Room to Breathe
A gentle reminder to pause, breathe, and lift your eyes—there is more light, more strength, and more unfolding in your life than you realize. You’re not behind… you’re blooming.
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Day by Day: Facing the Goliaths in Our Lives
Sometimes the giants we face are not defeated by becoming something more, but by recognizing what God has already given us and walking forward, day by day.
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In the Middle of the Mess
There are days when everything you touch seems to go wrong. Like Br’er Rabbit, the more you push, the more stuck you become. But what if the way forward begins by simply stopping?
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What if?
A series of quiet questions about kindness, restraint, responsibility, and the kind of world we are building — one decision at a time.