Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Famous words from the beloved Forrest Gump. I find truth in these words because as they say “Life can change in the blink of an eye.” Life is full of surprises and...
Sabbath Offerings ~ Beginning
2017 began effortlessly and without much fanfare in my house. Family joined the celebration but many were already headed home before the new year arrived. None of us stayed awake until the clock struck midnight. A new year marks a new beginning, a fresh slate, a do...
Looking Back
2016 has come and gone! The lights dimmed on a year that felt like a roller coaster ride. Ups, downs, sharp turns and coasting into home led the way and left me slightly unsteady on my feet. In some ways, I begin 2017 with the reverberations of the aftershocks from...
An Accounting of our Hearts
We have reached the final week before Christmas. Hopefully your stockings have been hung by the chimney with care and you have decked the halls with boughs of holly. Even so, there are many of us that are still in the midst of last minute preparations such as wrapping...
When Advent Reads Us
Today I want to welcome my son, Daniel Geisen. He joined me last year during the Advent season and has so many great insights to share about this time of year, I invited him back again. He and his wife are currently living with me as they both seek what the next step...
Sabbath Offerings ~ Hope for the Holidays
Picture milky sunlight barely breaking through on a cloudy day. The glimmer of the sun’s rays work hard to shine brightly while gray clouds work harder to dispel them. In this snapshot hope seems lost. The holiday season can look like milky sunlight ready for...
Holiday Hustle Meets Holiday Slow Down
My head fell wearily against the car’s headrest as night quickly enveloped the last bits of day. The sound of my young sons’ voices chattering in the backseat floated and swirled, breaking the silence I so desperately craved. The ending to a day of...
Sabbath Offerings ~ Advent
Advent is one of my favorite times of the year. Growing up I paused each Sunday in Advent with my family. We lit the Advent candle on the wreath and said a prayer. However, the deeper meaning of Advent was lost on me. In the last few years, I made a change in how I...
Sustainable Grief in the Midst of Joy
Our lives are a series of beginnings and endings with space for everything in between. There are days fierce competition reigns between the two and other days where they peacefully coexist. The extreme highs and lows sometimes appear as grief versus joy. The push and...Hi, I’m Mary!
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