From Luke 10:"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him …
when women cry
This has been a sucky week.(Yes, "sucky" is a word. I am an English speaker. I know the rules, and the -y suffix makes adjectives. So, suck+y= …
women destined for greatness
At church on Sunday mornings I sit on the front row, second seat from the left. Mr. Fantastic sits to my right, to his right are Brett and Melissa, …
chinese spaghetti
Yesterday I drove to central Austin to pick up a Chinese woman we are hosting in our home this week.I was a little nervous.I really knew very little …
wednesday, bloody wednesday
Wednesday I drove through storming, gushing rain to pick up my children, who were hanging out with some friends while I got my hair done. I was all …
women in ministry
It's never easy to do important things. Things that will make the world better, more beautiful, more just, or less devastatingly painful often cost us …
a true beauty
"Mama, I have a wrinkle on my arm," my little Lady said as we walked into Target.It seemed she was looking at her little elbow for the first time …
identity crisis at the doctor’s office
I sit in a waiting room with the clipboard in my lap, filling out my family history and listing surgeries, giving dates of pregnancies and births, and …
How to Wean a Helicopter Mom in 5 Painful Steps
Some of us just like to be there- all the time. Like the mom in the classic children's book Love You Forever, who breaks and enters her adult son's …
a letter to the husbands of the world
Dear Amazing Husbands of the World,After countless conversations with women at many stages of life, I feel I need to place before you some of our …
Proverbs 31: who I am
Yesterday I wrote a post about Proverbs 31.I keep having this gnawing feeling that this passage is easily dismissed by our culture's ideas of …
Proverbs 31: making space for a man
After spending any short amount of time around Christian culture you will eventually hear about the Proverbs 31 woman.Personally, I groan a little …
