Category: jesus
Posted on June 20, 2017
Everything I need to know I learned at Vacation Bible School
We’re back at it again this year and I needed this reminder! Prayers for all those Bible Schools out there as we spread the love of Jesus this summer … Everything I need to know I learned at …
Updated on April 27, 2017
Learning how to stop
We played this crazy game as kids. We would stand on the edge of the cul de sac with our toes in the grass, fling our arms wide with abandon, tip our faces skyward and spin around and around as fast as we could go. It’s been …
Updated on April 13, 2017
Finding a Seat For Easter
So excited to have the opportunity to share my words over at the (in)courage community today. It is an honor to be able to write on their site this Holy Week. We have to go move the chairs. It’s Easter — …
Updated on March 24, 2017
The way through the storm
We never even saw it coming. Our car full of friends, mixed tapes and rumpled snack food bags was headed out of town for the weekend; bursting at the seams with laughter and luggage. It had begun to get dark when we left, but …
Updated on March 9, 2017
When you are looking for the light
It all started with the fork that someone stuck in the garbage disposal. I flipped the switch before I saw it and the result was not awesome. The mangled piece of silverware was beyond repair. And as I tried …
Updated on March 2, 2017
Giving it all up for Lent?
Nutella, homework, water, long pants, broccoli; just a few of the “what I’m giving up for Lent” suggestions that my boys have been tossing around lately. You can see that we are clearly making an impact with our …
Posted on February 14, 2017
Where do you think you are going in those shoes?
Twenty- one years ago this week, I met the boy who would become my husband. On a blind date. While wearing tennis shoes. Yeah. I was a real fashionista. And as my sweet husband relishes in reminding me, it was …
Updated on February 25, 2017
How to stop being the holder of all the things
In our family, I have a very special and coveted title. I am the holder of all the things: the discarded sweatshirts, the muddy shoes, the unneeded hats, the random rocks, precious leaves, pre-chewed gum, tiny little reward stars, water bottles, tissues, backpacks. There …
Updated on February 1, 2017
Knocking on doors that won’t open and seeking answers
Knocking on doors is a favorite activity in our neck of the woods. We live in a neighborhood packed full of active little adventure seeking boys. And every afternoon my youngest hardly finishes the last word of his daily reading assignment …
Updated on January 20, 2017
A prayer for this Inauguration Day
It seems that history will be made today. Since 1937 and the inauguration of President Roosevelt, January 20th has stood on the calendar as the time when power changes hands here in these United States of America. It is Inauguration Day. And …
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