Can you promise that I will come back? ~ Bilbo BagginsNo. & if you do, you will not be the same. ~ Gandalf the hobbit: an unexpected journey // film version We've all had those moments when we're smack-dab in the middle of something & we sort of pause & huff in frustration with an … Continue reading Ideals Complicate Life
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Hope, Tattooed On A Wall
"'But where shall I find courage?' asked Frodo. 'That is what I chiefly need.''Courage is found in unlikely places,' said Gildor. 'Be of good hope!'"~ The Fellowship of the Ring // JRR Tolkien Last year, back in early Spring, a Kindred Spirit friend posted a simple photo to her Instagram story. It was a blue-grey … Continue reading Hope, Tattooed On A Wall
Musings In A Crowded Room
"It is no accident that we were born in the same epoch, & that our stories have twined in this time & in this place. Let us therefore go forth & steward one another's stories."~ Douglas McKelveyfrom "A Liturgy For Leavings" // Every Moment Holy "You will always be part of my tapestry."~ "Tapestry" // … Continue reading Musings In A Crowded Room
Street-Talks
"So when we meet as strangers, when even friends look like strangers, it is good to remember that we need each other greatly you and I, more than much of the time we dare to imagine, more than more of the time we dare to admit."~ Frederick Buechner ~ The Hungering Dark // Yesterday, my … Continue reading Street-Talks
It Is Not In Vain
"So there is hope, & it will not have been for nothing after all." ~ Demelza ~ BBC's Poldark Several months ago, a group of friends & I traipsed around Princeton in the rain. Princeton has such a vintage atmosphere and the rain only added to the old academia moodiness. It's the sort of place … Continue reading It Is Not In Vain
Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
"It is a dangerous thing to romanticise the past. To drag up old memories from the depths of our hearts and fashion them into something they're not. We built a mirage from a memory and knelt before it like a false god." ~ Beau Taplin "The joy of nostalgia is that you edit the past."~ … Continue reading Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
Relentless Goodness in 2020
"Grace will lead me home. Through every trial I have come; only Your grace will lead me home." ~ "Grace Will Lead Me Home" by David Dunn ~ It's been a beautiful fight, lovely humans. And it still is. Perhaps that seems like romanticizing hardship. Perhaps it seems like I'm glossing over all the horrible … Continue reading Relentless Goodness in 2020
A Rooftop Conversation
"This song reminds me of campfires and blankets and friends and starry nights and facing fears and facing truth and what’s to come." | Anonymous Quarantine has had me returning to old favourites and old memories. Moments of reflection, sometimes painful but mostly filled with contented Joy. The Most High has been teaching me that … Continue reading A Rooftop Conversation
The Saga of Hope Part I | January 2020
"Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep." | Romans 12:15 As I've grown in my relationship with Adonai and in my walk as a Christian and a pilgrim in this world, I've learned that the life of the Christian is a life of paradox, of things that the Scripture speaks … Continue reading The Saga of Hope Part I | January 2020
A Writer’s Life For Me | I
"I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for … Continue reading A Writer’s Life For Me | I
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