Tender Places – Page 22 – Everyday Entryways into the Divine

Awareness, Creativity

Show-and-Tell

Lent, Uncategorized

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green

Uncategorized

Turn

Awareness, Transformation

The Hunt for Red (and Orange and Yellow) October

Vulnerability

Shelter

Empowerment, Nourishment

Salt

January 21, 2020 / No Comments

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen I clipped this quote out of a magazine I was flipping through while taking a break from my writing yesterday. For a dedicated salt-lover, it caught my…

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Awareness, Vulnerability

A Bird Feeder Prayer

January 16, 2020 / 2 Comments

The temperature today here in Central Texas will climb to near 70 and we will be greeted by a drizzling rain. There are at least a dozen birds on the tube-like feeder that hangs from the mesquite tree branch bending over…

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Perseverance

Smilax

January 7, 2020 / 2 Comments

After our recent move to Central Texas from the Northeast, we became reacquainted with the Smilax vine. It is not a happy friendship. The huge thickets of Smilax with their woody stems, thorny hooks and shiny leaves cover the barbed wire…

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Perseverance, Vulnerability

A Mock-Orange Renascence

January 6, 2020 / 2 Comments

I wrote this blog during one of Maine’s harsh winters. It focuses on The Tender Places theme for early January 2020- Perseverance and Tenacity. Enjoy! The tiniest tips of thin brown branches still peek out from under the several feet of…

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Beth Hatcher, PhD Child Development

Dr. Beth Hatcher is a writer and early childhood specialist. After a career as a university professor, program administrator and educator, she devotes her time to writing and professional development training and workshops. She is the author of numerous scholarly and popular articles in early childhood, including a new preK math curriculum created for Maine’s Department of Education. Beth’s background in active leadership roles in congregations of The Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church, the United Church of Christ/Congregational Church and the Presbyterian Church USA are foundational to her spiritual curiosity and dedication to faith-based growth. Her extensive professional experiences informs her lifelong passion for applying her Christian faith to contemporary life. The roles of nature and play in human development add dimension to her current devotional writing that features the power of creativity as found in the Creator God. Her writings draw from her life experiences in Maine and Texas, and her international travels. From her current hilltop home in Central Texas, she blogs, paints, sings, and walks her way towards an energy-filled future and a vibrant spiritual life.