Peggy Bodde
Sacred Work
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 1:2–3 (NIV) We live in a Colorado mountain town, where four feet of snow blankets the ground more than half the year. Right after we adopted our little rescue dog, Quill, …
The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the LORD.’” (Leviticus 25: 1-2, NIV). I confess. I’m a huge fan of the Old Testament. It’s epic, mysterious, and …
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.” Psalm 81:10 (NIV) In seasons where life stretches me thin, my doubts can grow the thickest. I handpick what I’ll ask God’s help with, as if He has human limits or a set …
I sat in a room packed with volunteers for a nonprofit agency that helps children who have been abused and neglected. The guest speaker was talking about Adverse Childhood Experiences scores (ACE) and how understanding these scores can help us in our volunteer work. Each of us was given an ACE sheet to calculate our …
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb…. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in …