Author: Laurel Burton

Yesterday, my heart was heavy. As I was running some errands, I met a friend whom I haven’t seen in a while. When I asked her how she was doing, she said okay like she wasn’t okay. I asked her what was going on, and she told me she was getting divorced. So many around… Continue reading Ripples

The older we get, the faster time goes away. I keep telling my kids this just like my parents told me. Of course, when you’re young, you don’t really listen to what your parents tell you. You just ‘wish your life away.’ We can’t wait until we are 13, a teenager. We can’t wait until… Continue reading Time

Have you ever been asked “What’s it worth to you?” You can probably answer yes to this question. There are different contexts in which this is asked, but here is my thinking. Yesterday at worship I was reminded of worth. Only this was probably not the kind you’re thinking. There are different kinds of worth.… Continue reading Worth

“If you’re not scared, you’re not paying attention.” Think about this for a minute. Are you scared? How scared are you? If you aren’t scared, why not? Are we looking inside ourselves enough to be scared? Are we looking at ourselves too much? Are we not looking at ourselves enough? Yesterday, I had an interesting… Continue reading Are you scared yet?

We all search for something sometime in our lives. We search for people, lost things and answers. Sometimes our searching turns into nothing and sometimes our searching yields a great find. The most important search anyone can ever do is for God. I don’t know about you, but I see people everyday searching for Him.… Continue reading Searching

Last Sunday I visited a congregation here in Nashville with my friend before we went on our trip. I love listening to this particular minister. He always makes me think of things I never have before. He started by talking about how excited we get in anticipation of trips and vacations we take with family… Continue reading Anticipation

Scars. We all have them, either from surgeries, from accidents in our childhood, or other things. We all have emotional scars as well from being hurt by those we love and other people or from consequences of our own making. But why does God allow us have scars? This past weekend a good friend and… Continue reading Scars

Each morning when I wake and go down for coffee😋, I see the trays, soil, and seeds waiting for me. If I am honest with myself, it’s scary to me to plant those little seeds. There are so many ‘what ifs.’ What if they don’t take to the soil? What if they are bad seeds?… Continue reading Sowing

As I sit most mornings, looking at the blue sky and hearing the birds singing, I praise the One who made it all. I’m not perfect by any means, physically! or spiritually, but I know the One who is! Some mornings my mind and heart drifts to those who don’t believe or don’t believe anymore.… Continue reading Why?