Every Step of the Way

“Mama, are you gonna be with me every step of the way?” Her faced warped in sorrow, and in her teary eyes I saw she needed an answer, needed to know she would not be alone.  Three months earlier, our family made an excursion to the locally-owned pet shop across town, where a hay-like smell and the sound of…

Beach morning

Clouds spread high and even, exposed quilt-batting pinned above the landscape. Great Blue Heron perches afront a high cliff, dark against tawny, bare earth.Suddenly, silently, he extends broad wings. Legs momentarily dangle long before he points his toes straight behind and glides north along the shoreline. Hummingbirds cavort, pausing occasionally in the bushes below our deck. One zooms into my personal space, then speeds away, so quick I register its presence only when it’s gone. Two piles of sea lions lie strewn on behemoth, exposed rocks in the frothy…

Be Still, My Soul

“Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side.”*Unexpected but much-needed words at 2 a.m., when the house is quiet but my soul is loud. “Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side.”A thousand memories of my father, the hymn-playing classical guitarist whose practicing accompanied my sleep most nights for my first…

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Hi, I’m Tobi Goff, a recovering perfectionist, learning the crazy ways of Jesus. I am married to a fellow kingdom seeker and together we imperfectly respond to the mystery of God’s grace in our lives. We have two young daughters and enjoy raising them in an old house in the beautiful pacific northwest.

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