Every morning of the week week we dragged our lazy summer selves out of bed, dressed, breakfasted, driven in stop-and-go traffic, and deposited Boy 2 …
Summer Book List 2016
I love book lists, don't you? In the summer I feel completely allowed to read all sorts of impractical fiction because in my book brain I am still in …
shalom: for these days when nothing is as it ought to be
I'm starting to feel like the world is one giant swirling gust of wind.Swoosh... there are ants in my kitchen and I can't seem to get rid of them. The …
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re: all the things and the Sunday I preached in church
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all …
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joy candles
"Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord." -Psalm 89:15Last night I …
what no one tells you about motherhood
So... I have a son who can throw a curveball.Maybe that doesn’t sound like a huge life-changing truth. But this is my baby we’re talking about here. …
drama and parenting and finding the grace to be imperfect
"Son though he was, [Jesus] learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation …
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when church is art
Every Sunday morning, I listen to my husband preach the same message twice. You may suppose this would be boring. But it isn't. I need a double dose, …
making sense of beauty with my daughter
When I was pregnant with her, I wondered if it would be different. After three sons, I wasn't sure what would it be like to raise a daughter.{Girls …
holding onto God
This morning we read Psalm 62 as a part of our family devotional. We asked everyone to close their eyes and listen to the beginning and the end, and …
what a mom does when her kid is puking
I learned last night that if a 12 year-old boy who usually eats more than his other three siblings combined, tells you he "isn't really all that …
a wednesday kind of prayer
"There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God."—Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)He gently …
