First Light Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain, courtesy of the National Park Service “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23 First light has special meaning at Acadia National Park. There, at certain times of the year, Cadillac Mountain becomes the first place in the United States to catch the rays of morning sun. People take that seriously. Before sunrise, when th

Sometimes we reach the limit of our strength. Sometimes our experience runs out before the problem does. We exhaust our resources, our wisdom, our patience, or our ability to fix what has gone wrong. Those moments often feel like failure because our culture has taught us to keep pushing, keep striving, and keep finding a way. But limits are not always signs that something has gone wrong.

Rooted Together Base of a Giant Sequoia, courtesy of the National Park Service. “…that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” --1 Corinthians 12:25–26 Above ground, giant sequoias appear almost impossibly self-sufficient. Their trunks are massive. Their crowns rise hundreds of feet above the forest floor. Some have stood