07/26/2026
Happy Sunday! ☀️
Don’t you love that Lionel Richie song, “Easy” (like Sunday morning)?? 🎶
For most of our 37 year marriage, Brian and I have been on staff at a church, which meant that Sundays were anything but easy. 🥴 Towards the end of our time serving at a church, that song kept coming to me, and I would think, “Goodness, we’ve never experienced an easy Sunday morning.”
I don’t even know what that would begin to feel like, but my heart began to yearn for it.
Early on in our marriage when Brian was on staff and I was at home with the kids, Sundays were really crazy with him getting to church at Zero-dark-thirty to lead worship and me getting the kids up and out the door – and it was hurry hurry hurry each Sunday!
Then when we were both on staff, Sunday was a major workday where I would make sure Sundays ran smoothly for our serve team, and Brian was in back to back appointments in the Healing Place. We didn’t even see each other on Sunday mornings, so needless to say, Sundays were anything but easy- and they sure weren’t days for us to start our days peacefully together. During those days on staff, there were so many sweet times and I hold so many memories close. I’ve made friendships that will last a lifetime from during that time!
When we left church staff to start Long Haul Marriage in 2024, one of the things we did first was institute a “Weekly Vision Meeting” on Sunday mornings.
Here’s the vibe… low and slow, sitting outside, coffee in hand, notebook, no phones….
In my handy dandy notebook, I make a little chart that says, “Personal/ Home/ Long Haul Marriage”- one for B and one for me. (See pic lol)
We each take time to breathe for a sec, one of us goes first and we share how we’re doing in each of those areas. (really- how we’re doing) It’s a time to be honest with ourselves and with each other about how we’re doing mentally, spiritually, physically, emotionally, in each of those areas. Sometimes there are tears (ok, mostly me🥲), but mostly, it’s a safe space we’ve created to hear each other and to see into each other’s hearts. (Intimacy = Into Me See)
After we share, we pray with, for, and over each other. It is a sacred time that feels more like worship, less like work, and we’ve never been more connected spiritually in our 37 years than right now. What a gift.💝
Just like Ecclesiastes says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
I’m grateful for all the years that we spent in ministry serving in a church, and I’m SO grateful for this season of serving together in ministry through Long Haul Marriage. My heart overflows with gratitude that I now can sing, “Easy like Sunday morning” and understand and appreciate what that feels like! Now I’m off to do our Vision Meeting! ♥️
Tell me your favorite thing about Sundays. ☀️
