by Shay Mason | Aug 26, 2023 | God's Comfort, Grief, Healing
Christians lack a ritual for the long and tiring process that is sorrow and loss. — Lauren Winner Between December 2021 and August 2022, our family lost four parents—both of my husband’s adopted parents, his birth mom, and my dad. This week is an anniversary that is...
by Shay Mason | Jul 28, 2023 | time
I don’t understand it any more than you do, but one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have to understand things for them to be. — Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Bear with me. I’m about to get nerdy. The concept of time has fascinated me since reading...
by Shay Mason | Jul 7, 2023 | God's Love, identity
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. — BRENÉ BROWN Who doesn’t want to be seen by others as put-together and successful? We all like to put our best self forward, don’t we? Publicly displaying...
by Shay Mason | May 25, 2023 | God's kingdom, God's Love
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. — Revelation 7:9...
by Shay Mason | May 2, 2023 | Arts & Culture, God's Love
Love one another always. There is nothing else that matters in this world except love. — Victor Hugo When I was in high school in the late 1980s, I encountered something that touched my heart like nothing I had ever experienced. It left me with mascara and snot...