Two more days...

Josh and I are counting down the days to our summer getaway!!! I can barely contain my excitement!

While I am gone, my department is moving to a new, sunny office. Our current space is dimly lit and feels like a basement, so this change is going to be amazing.

(Josh took these photos are few weeks ago. Aren't they great?)

What are you looking forward to?

Hot day

It has been simply stifling in Chicago. These fountains at our favorite park look rather appealing today, no?

Morning, v.1

Saturday morning solace. Today, I can sip my coffee, listen to folk music, and just breathe.

The Staves

These three sisters are from England, and their voices are breathtaking. I stumbled upon their music this morning and just had to share it with you:

Hope you're having a lovely day, friends.

Today

Do you ever struggle with your faith? I know that I do. The longer I refuse to open his Word, the less I think of him. The longer I cling to my cynicism, the more self-centered I become. How do I break out of that? Is it possible to wake up one day and simply start over, to dive headfirst into a lifestyle of faithfulness to Jesus? Is it strange to say that... feeling constantly broken is comfortable, but the prospect of accepting forgiveness and moving forward is really intimidating? 

A.W. Tozer wrote, "the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like." Today I am challenging my own perception of God, marveling at how small and unappealing I have allowed it to become.

Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? // Psalm 113:5-6 // Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. // Psalm 145:3 // Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? // Exodus 15:11