Esther GoetzJan 162 minPrayer is WeirdPrayer is weird. It's one of those things that every person has an opinion about. And for some people, they are strong ones. What it is....
Esther GoetzJan 92 minThat feeling has been rising up within me...That feeling has been rising up within me. The pressure to do better, be better... STRIVE. FIX. MAKE.IT.HAPPEN. It happens to me every...
-Jan 22 minThe Big Reveal and What it Might mean for YouThey say that confession is good for the soul. I'm not sure who "they" is, but when I speak a thing out loud, even if it's scary and...
-Dec 30, 20214 minHow To Choose Your Word of the YearWhen I was a young girl, I had the New Year’s resolution every year of reading through the Bible. On January 1, I would read 40 chapters...
-Dec 24, 20212 minThe Largest Candle of AllI will light my very last candle this morning. The largest one of all. The Christ Candle. The time has come. I’m very glad to do it. Just...
-Dec 19, 20212 minLONG. SLOW. DEEP.Breathe. Just breathe. Long. Slow. Deep. Breathe. Words said to me over and over again with every single contraction I had as I labored...
-Dec 12, 20212 minKITCHENS AND THE HOWL OF THE NOT-YETThe past several months have been marked by much suffering. The pain can be overwhelming. Substance abuse by those we love. Every kind of...
-Dec 5, 20212 minALL WE ARE SAYING IS...GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. The mantra sung and chanted and begged for in 1969. 1969. War rages and protests break out all over. Charles Manson...
-Nov 28, 20212 minI LIT A CANDLE THIS MORNINGI lit a candle this morning. For the first time. Not just any candle. The candle of Hope on this first day, this first Sunday of Advent....