Stop Climbing!

All these years, being in valleys from time to time, I have just realized something. You don’t climb out of a valley. You walk through it. Somehow, I missed that. Every time I found myself in a difficult season, I treated the valley like a low place I had fallen into. And in my mind, […]

Sandcastles and Motes

There’s something almost sacred about the beach early in the morning. Before the umbrellas.Before the laughter.Before the footprints. The sand is untouched.Flat.Open. Like a blank canvas waiting for someone to leave their mark on it. Then people begin to arrive. Families.Friends.Children carrying buckets bigger than their arms can manage. And all day long people build. […]