by Brianna Lambert | Sep 18, 2024 | Daily Faith
He Gives Us Turtles My feet shifted against the sand as my eyes remained locked on the woman on the ground in front of me. Her right arm plunged back down into the open cavity, and she scooped one more fistful of sand up from its quiet home. The hole had grown...
by Brianna Lambert | Sep 2, 2024 | Daily Faith
What Will You Grab In a Fire? What will you grab in a fire? Is it a picture? Stuffed animal? Medicine? Which heirlooms will you save from destruction? I’ve tumbled over this question through the years-the answers morphing with each candle on the birthday cake....
by Brianna Lambert | Apr 22, 2024 | Daily Faith
This Piece of Land We signed the papers in the corner booth of an empty McDonald’s—squeezed tight on the bench like a couple of teenagers. This time those butterflies beat their wings for every dollar listed on our paperwork. Frigid air from the vent above...
by Brianna Lambert | Feb 20, 2024 | Daily Faith
Try to Be More Awkward My church can be awkward, and it’s one of my favorite things about it. Most of us would shrink back in fear from that description. We’d love anything other than to have ourselves described as awkward, let alone find ourselves in a situation...
by Brianna Lambert | Jan 23, 2024 | Daily Faith, Published
Add Another Piece Sometimes the pressure for perfection presses in on my pursuits. Whether it’s an article, a craft, or any other piece of labor-part of me thinks I need to have it all figured out now. Yet Francis Schaeffer’s work in Art and the Bible...
by Brianna Lambert | Jan 20, 2024 | Daily Faith
Dancing in an Empty Theater The dirt trail curved through the tall grass in front of us. My husband and three kids scampered ahead towards the entrance of the canopy of trees. As I padded behind them, my eyes caught a streak of red amidst the stalks of green off the...
