The doorbell rings repeatedly and three blonde heads with big blue eyes look through the glass door shouting, "We're home! We're home!". I open the …
What This Year Was All About
2011 was our first full year back in Austin, and therefore was my first full year as a pastor's wife. We began the year with buying an old house with …
Maybe Christmas
Today their little hands are taking the left-over candy from their Harvest Fest fun and making a calendar. Forty-six candies to represent the …
waiting room
A few weeks ago I saw this sweet elderly couple out for a walk in our neighborhood. She had a cane. He was holding her hand. My …
song of joy
I was feeling emptied and dragging by the end of the day. Books, papers, dirt, laundry, dishes and legos seem to be everywhere. Bedtime was tedious, …
Whitney Houston Has a Point
Twenty seven sets of little eyes stared in wonder at me. I was confessing. I was testifying. I was telling them a deliciously wicked story about a …
Separation, Schmeparation
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor …
looking for love in all the right places
Jack: "You know what's crazy? God loves us even more than Mommy and Daddy."Jude: "I know! I can't even believe that's possible!"Jase: …
stains
Do you have a weakness? Is there some character flaw that, time and again, seems to rear its ugly head and scream maniacally at the world, "Look …
motherhood is off the hook
The first time I was awakened on Easter morning, I heard Morgan getting ready to leave at 6:00. Easter starts early for pastors. The second time I …
the end of the unraveling rope
It is not a shocking statement to say that our lives have been a bit stressful lately. It would be an understatement if I said that I have been a …
my throwing arm
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my …
