"There is a part of the sea known as the 'cushion of the sea.' It lies beneath the surface that is agitated by storms and churned by the wind. It is so deep that it is a part of the sea that is never stirred. When the ocean floor in these deep places is dredged of the remains of plant or animal life, it reveals evidence of having remained completely undisturbed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The peace of God is an eternal calm like the cushion of the sea. It l

This past summer my sister, my dad and I did a four day hiking trip to Tweedsmuir Park to hike the Rainbow Mountain Range. We grew up in this area as children and would often go hiking with my dad on multiday adventures even at the young age of three and five. It was so special to revisit this area forty years later. Not much had changed really except that time had given me an incredible appreciation for the beauty and the tranquility of the mountains. As little kids, al

I am not a morning person. It takes everything I can muster to crawl out of our warm duvet on cold mornings and act more joyful than I really am. I have tried putting on cheerful music in the morning to help jolt me out of my fog, but my boy sighs, puts his headphones on and cranks up his own music to drown out mine. My mood worsens with each minute and begins to pollute the morning. I start slamming things around, wondering why in the world I even got out of bed in the f