Heidi Viars

to the blog …

Recent Blogs

  • Living and Looking into Surrender

    This year I am doing it differently! No more resolutions. Instead I have decided to follow a movement (My One Word) that has spread throughout the country, of choosing a word for the year and living into it. I prayed about this process and asked God to reveal to me which word He would have Read more

  • Awareness

    Awareness … of the sound of the ice breaking and snow crunching beneath my feet … Awareness … of my heartbeat drumming in unison with the pace of my walk … Awareness … of my breath, visible only for a short second … Awareness … of the sunbeam breaking through the clouds … light having Read more

  • Follow Me

    (The best sermons preached are those coming from our own hearts reaching down into our own souls… such was this poem!) * You can’t just click to follow Me You must deny yourself. You can’t hit “like” to help you see – But love and live for me. * You can’t just surf the web Read more

  • LOSER MOM

    Parenting is humbling. Parenting teenagers can be downright humiliating. While we instruct and correct we must do so carefully and lovingly, lest we ourselves become the object lessons to our juvenile audience. Yes, I admit, I am a loser. Let me explain. Last night my kids went with a bunch of their friends on a Read more

  • Some Awe vs. Awesome

      So often I rush about, seeking recognition, and trying to make myself indispensable and important. Resting and slowing down to see the beauty in nature seem counter cultural and counter self. But here in the rest and outside, my mind is able to chase the unfathomable, the unbelievable, and find glimpses of God.  Here Read more

  • Walk With Me

    Walk with me. Let’s remember the spring when we planted gardens and watched them grow. Walk with me. Let’s remember the summer when we sat at the beach and watched the kids play. Walk with me. Let’s remember the fall when we ate apples and watched the leaves dance. Walk with me. The path might Read more