My dear friends, today I scribble this reflection from the Gospel (Matthew 11:25–30) as Jesus speaks directly to the tired parts of our hearts. He looks at the heavy burdens we carry, our anxieties, our endless to do lists, and the quiet struggles no one else sees and He offers us a beautiful, gentle invitation if we dare listen closely enough: "Come to me." And if you listen, you’ll notice that Jesus does not demand that we fix our lives before we approach Him. He does not

There has been something quietly stirring within me as I work on my legacy quilt and other creative projects lately and that is a deeper connection to the life of my 3 x great grandmother Mary, and to what it meant for her to live “on strength.” The phrase itself feels like more than history to me now. It feels like inheritance. As I stitch fabric together, I find myself thinking about the structure of Mary’s life and the daily duty, the utter responsibility and constant dem