Marian Frizzell 10/28/21 Marian Frizzell 10/28/21

The With Word

When we are desperate for change and don’t realize that we’ve already been given what we need.

Marian Frizzell 10/25/21 Marian Frizzell 10/25/21

Ask Not, Have Not

When we need to remember that sometimes we have not because we ask not…and that shared joy is a better motivator than inconvenience.

Marian Frizzell 10/22/21 Marian Frizzell 10/22/21

Christmas in October

When Christmas carols in October remind us that sometimes we have to practice if we want to be prepared (not perfect!) at a later date.

Marian Frizzell 10/12/21 Marian Frizzell 10/12/21

Pick a Portal

When you wish you could teleport (or had the option of Floo Powder or portal hopping). A meditation on world jumping and longing.

Marian Frizzell 10/7/21 Marian Frizzell 10/7/21

A Book Is an Open Door

When you recognize that the best gift is holding the door for someone else’s adventure (and the easiest way to send someone out the door is by buying them a book).

Marian Frizzell 10/5/21 Marian Frizzell 10/5/21

Cumulative Grief

When grief presses upon grief which presses upon grief…and you wish you could forget.

Marian Frizzell 9/30/21 Marian Frizzell 9/30/21

Pick With Your Eyes

When we realize that it’s a lot easier to eat a brownie if we’re looking at its gooey deliciousness (and a lot easier to make a lot of other possibly more beneficial choices when we keep them in our line of sight too).

Marian Frizzell 9/28/21 Marian Frizzell 9/28/21

For the Love of Perfect

When perfectionism needs a second glance.

Marian Frizzell 9/23/21 Marian Frizzell 9/23/21

The Little Red Hen Meets a Blessing

When we realize that we don’t bless others without an entire ripple effect of others’ blessings feeding into that blessing first.

Marian Frizzell 9/21/21 Marian Frizzell 9/21/21

All the Fall, All the Small

When caring about the celebration of small seasonal changes reminds you of God’s goodness and your own smallness.

Marian Frizzell 9/16/21 Marian Frizzell 9/16/21

Serendipity v. Sovereignty

When we want serendipity, but what we get is God’s sovereignty.

Marian Frizzell 9/14/21 Marian Frizzell 9/14/21

The Best Laid Plans

When a love for planning collides head on with life in the military and five (mostly) unexpected kids, I need to learn how to be intentional with grace.

Marian Frizzell 9/11/21 Marian Frizzell 9/11/21

One Choice at a Time

When we keep looking for a hero to come save us and we realize that we might need it to be the one we’re seeing in a mirror.

Marian Frizzell 9/7/21 Marian Frizzell 9/7/21

Give a Little, Get a Lot

When we feel like we have nothing to offer (even ourselves) and we’re not sure how to steward the tiny bit of energy we do have, here’s a way forward.

Marian Frizzell 9/2/21 Marian Frizzell 9/2/21

Overloaded

When we feel like we can’t keep up and we need to set our priorities and remember them.