wonder Archives - Darcy Wiley

Connoisseurs of Common Glories: How to Stir Up a Full-Bodied Gratitude

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 25, 2019 | Experiencing God, Gratitude

In the dusk after Daylight Saving Time ended, I carpooled four middle school boys to a barn party. My maps app called out step-by-step directions through the speaker and I kept my eyes focused on street signs as we wove our way into the country. As soon as we drove...

Still Not Over It

by Darcy Wiley | Aug 21, 2018 | Experiencing God

I checked the time, then packed up our picnic groceries and our luggage. Months earlier, we had booked the last hotel room in this tiny town not too far from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. This morning, we’d drive an hour to the path of totality. As I tucked away the last of...

Burn Out vs. Everlasting Light

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 12, 2014 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers

I’m burned out again on man-made things, the light of screens that trigger something in my brain or my self-esteem and keep me up at night thinking, thinking, thinking, spinning in mental circles, striving in thought, my imagination making up new ways I’m lacking or...