Mary NolteJul 176 min readGo to the WellI had never really thought of myself as a cowgirl until I stood beside a pen with more than a dozen cows and calves being instructed to...
Mary NolteMay 225 min readThe Missing YearsWe were preparing for our daughter’s wedding when she called me one day in a slight panic, “Mom, I have no pictures of myself from...
Mary NolteMar 96 min readDeep WatersIt was not by choice that my husband and I first turned down an unknown path into the creek on our ranch, exploring the swelling caused...
Mary NolteDec 25, 20234 min read"A Christmas of Charlie Brown Trees"Romans 3 seems a strange place to be meditating during the Christmas season, I know, but it is where I found myself the other morning, as...
Mary NolteNov 10, 20235 min readIn the Middle of the Greatest StorySomeone once said that we are all in the middle of a story. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine you’re actually in the right story, like maybe...
Mary NolteSep 30, 20235 min readThe Silence of the LambWhat do you do when God feels absent? When the silence is so loud it drowns out the voice in your head that is telling you to hold on to...
Mary NolteJul 22, 20235 min readWhere Would I Be?“For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol” (Ps.86:13). Sometimes we forget who we...
Mary NolteJun 29, 20236 min readBrackish WaterI struggle every day. Just the other morning, I found myself in a state of disenchantment, struggling to see the path before me, a path I...