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Brave Is…

Brave is Not being unafraid But trying while you tremble; Sometimes, it stands on a stage, In other moments, it journals in silence.   Brave is Risking vulnerability Knowing it might bless someone; Sometimes, it discloses a weakness, In other moments, it shares a gift.   Brave is Revealing your brokenness To Him who enfolds you in His love; Sometimes, it is tears poured out, In other moments, it is hands ...

5 Lessons From 50 Years Of Love

With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, it seems like a good time to talk about love. But what makes it an even better time—actually, no, the perfect time—is the story of two people who exchanged wedding rings on Valentine’s Day fifty years ago. And what makes it even more special is that I happen ...

Is Gratitude Really That Important?

Have you ever had one of those mundane, ordinary days when everything is slow and predictable, and then, wham, something hits you out of nowhere? I was going about my day, on schedule with my to-do’s and appointments, when I get a phone call from the nurse at my kids’ school. Every parent knows that’s a call ...

Where Do You Find Your Refreshment?

Checking into a hotel by myself can be a somewhat unnerving experience for me. Having been a stay-at-home mom for almost 16 years, I’ve never really taken business trips alone. And while we’ve stayed at hotels multiple times as a family, solo trips have never really been part of my life. But a few years ago, ...

Advent Devotional 2023

It has been several years since I wrote my last Advent devotional. I remember writing that Bible plan as a challenge to myself. Could I keep the focus on Christ and manage to write 25 devotionals for Christmas? It was one of those God-sized goals—but it wasn't to show the world that I had "nailed" ...

Don’t Give Thanks For Everything

I don’t know about you, but I may need to get off social media for a few days. This time around my social media “fast” is not to help grow my spiritual life a bit more, but to grow my waistline a bit less.  My Instagram feed is dangerously tempting with pictures of turkeys and pumpkin ...

What Are You Wearing?

In the late 19th century, two nuns from Belgium set sail for India. They landed on the shores of the coastal hamlet of Mulagumoodu in the south of the country. The two Catholic missionaries had traveled across the world to care for the orphan girls in the little town. But they also taught the girls at ...

When You Feel Like Crawling Into A Hole

The other day, I was invited to share from the Word with a small group. They were an unassuming, unthreatening bunch of folk. My material was prepped and ready to go. In fact, I had presented the same content twice before to other groups. Plus, I was speaking from Scripture to a group of Christians, ...
MEET SUSAN

I love words. But you probably figured that out by now, considering this website essentially collates my words on the web. Read More…