by Carla Harper | Mar 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each year as Easter approaches I’m overcome by sadness, wistfulness, but just underneath there’s a sense of excitement, even joy, without connection to my circumstances. It’s my Easter emotional version of a budding tulip. This springtime, Lenten journey is important...
by Carla Harper | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
When there’s an overabundance of something, you don’t value it. You don’t need to strive or work for it. Your attention wanders to something else more elusive. This natural tendency to pursue more of what’s just out of reach is the root of many addictions. The thing...
by Carla Harper | Jan 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
You will not live the productive, peaceful life God intends without personal boundaries. Jesus modeled the meaning of personal boundaries in everything he did, from getting up early to pray alone to rejecting anything people said or did that contradicted what God...
by Carla Harper | Dec 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you find yourself somewhat in the middle this year, consider it a blessing. The middle always feels like nowhere. You are no longer just getting started, but the destination feels a long ways off. But the middle might not be so bad. Those who contentedly live out...
by Carla Harper | Nov 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Maxine Johnson (1928 – 2017) was one of those special people that quietly, selflessly helps hold the world together. She finished her work this week. Few people model wife, mother, friend, and neighbor with such grace. If you knew her, you looked up to her and...
