Worship with Hope and Trust

“Your flight has been canceled.” The notification popped up on my phone during team-building sessions. I tried to stay focused on the intense conversations about our personality styles while wondering what new travel plans I would need to embrace. Knowing that my driving nature can get things done but can also alienate others, I wanted to be present in the meeting. I breathed a prayer, asking Jesus to help me.

Every day that my son, Henry, and I walk to school is an opportunity to see. Henry is my Nature Boy, the one who gets his boots (and pants and coat and gloves) muddy, gleefully. He’s the one who spends hours in the woods with his friend making forts and finding toads.