THE PRIVATE PAGES OF A LIFE WITH GOD

Along the Way

An open journal of inhabitations, questions, wildernesses, and grace.

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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Come in. Stay a while.

Some thoughts never became chapters. Some began beside an open Bible, in a kitchen, in the wilderness of an ordinary Tuesday, or at the edge of a question I could not yet answer. These are the places where Scripture ceased to be something I merely examined and began to examine me.

There is no reading order. Turn to whichever page calls to you.

BETWEEN THE COVERS

Pages from the journal

Fourteen inhabitations to wander through. The collection will continue to grow.

FROM THE JOURNAL

The Tyranny of the Ordinary

What happens when the truth we understand finally begins to rearrange our ordinary lives?

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Today

An invitation to rest before tomorrow agrees to become less uncertain.

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Beauty Beyond Necessity

The generosity of a world that blooms even when no one is watching.

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Abide

The dishes still need doing. And perhaps abiding was never meant to end when we get up.

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The Map I Was Never Given

I would have followed the lines. He wanted me to follow Him.

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Learning to See

What if discernment learns to recognize the image beneath the wound?

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The Weight of Hope

Hope is no longer a wish. It carries the weight of an empty tomb.

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The Strange Company of Grief and Hope

Grief and hope have taken seats beside one another, and neither seems surprised.

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Under the Current

The river is deep, the pruning sharp, and the hands that hold us still bear scars.

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The Steward of the Field

A woman, a field, and the Owner who never asked her to carry every harvest.

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Love, Marriage, and the Difference Between Feeling and Covenant

When emotion changes form, where does love learn to remain?

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The Storms That Perfect Us

James, the wilderness, and the slow formation of steadfastness.

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A COLLECTION IN THE MAKING

Inhabitations

Some pages reach toward a future poetic companion to The Architect. For now, they live here, where the river is still inviting us deeper.

The River Knows →    The Fragrance →

UNTIL THE NEXT PAGE

There is always room to return.

New pages will find their place here as they are written. Nothing to finish, nothing to keep up with. Just a place to notice what God may be doing along the way.

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LETTERS FOR THE JOURNEY

A little light along the way.

If these pages have kept you company, I’d be glad to write to you from time to time. Reflections on Scripture, questions still unfolding, and the patient work of becoming.

Occasional letters from KatLynne. No noise, just words worth sharing.