“Sometimes it hits me. This place. Had a long history before, it has a long future after us. I keep thinking it’s a part of our lives but really, it’s the reverse. For a little while, I don’t know, it’s…
While I Breathe, I Hope
There’s a Latin phrase that I randomly happen to love. Dum Spiro Spero. It happens to be South Carolina’s state motto and its English translation? While I Breathe, I Hope. I mean…just…wow, friends. If any phrase was going to be…
The Way in the Wilderness
For several years now, the term wilderness has been a word that I have felt a particular kinship with, though I don’t entirely know why. As someone who feels particularly at home in the mountains, maybe it has something to…
I Believe
It’s not something that I do terribly often, but something that I enjoy doing from time to time is to go back and read through my journal. I do it sometimes here with blog posts but as someone who constantly…
A Time for Everything
Well, here we are friends. Over 40 days into self-isolation and social distancing and I both can’t believe it’s been that long and yet it also feels like it’s flown by somewhat. The days are long but the weeks/months feel…
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
When I think back to the start of this Lenten season, I can’t help but smile of all that we didn’t yet know. At the end of February when Lent began, we didn’t yet know the ways in which COVID-19…