reflections

I was standing in front of this beautiful photograph of a buffalo today in Colorado. He was covered in snow, with that thick coat and enormous head, standing there looking as though he belonged to a world that was completely untouched by ours. And I loved it. So much so that I started thinking that would be a great picture to have. So naturally, I pulled out my phone and took a picture of the picture. And that’s when I had this thought. Here I was, looking at a photograph of

I met a woman at the airport. She sat beside me…she looked hesitant. I stopped the work I was doing as she asked a few quick questions about her flight. Just a simple conversation between strangers. I answered, then went back to my laptop, caught up in work that had my attention. At some point, she slipped away without me noticing. When I finally closed my laptop, I realized she had left her cup behind. I glanced around for her, wanting to let her know she had left it. I lo

Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to make God’s will for our life sound heavy. We speak about surrender to God’s will as though God is waiting to take something from us. We talk about purpose as if there is one correct assignment hidden somewhere in the world and our job is to figure it out before we waste our lives. I have wondered plenty of times, Am I doing what I am supposed to be doing? But lately I have been wondering something different. What if God’s will fo