by kimhyland | Feb 20, 2017 | adult kids, community, family, God-sized Dreams
When I was a kid, no one talked about community. It just was, and it was everywhere—in the fire lane where we’d meet to play football and at the pool where long summer days were spent keeping cool. We found community at school, church, Girl Scouts, youth group,...
by kimhyland | Nov 9, 2016 | community, Compassion, family, friendship, living well, unity
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. ~Romans 12:18 “Come together.” “Unite.” These are words we’ve heard frequently over the last hours, days, weeks and months. But if we’re honest, we’ve doubted...
by kimhyland | Sep 14, 2016 | family, God-sized Dreams, living well
I remember thinking, “When will things get back to normal?” I was a first-time mom, and our new baby boy was barely two weeks old. I can hear you snickering. My dream of becoming a momma had come true. But for all my years of wishing and praying and even my last nine...
by kimhyland | Sep 7, 2016 | community, Compassion, family, living well
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. ~Ephesians 6:11 “That’s my verse,” she said. It embodied the path she was walking. Choosing. Taking the light into a dark place. My good friend who had...
by kimhyland | Aug 12, 2016 | community, Compassion
I’m driving through the countryside near our home. The curvy back roads hug the base of the mountain ridge like a summer skirt. Centuries-old stone farmhouses stand framed by broad, green fields, lazy cattle, blue sky, and billowy clouds. My pulse slows. Shallow...