Category: striving
Posted on September 2, 2016
On Making U-Turns
I have absolutely no sense of direction. None. But I like to pretend that I do. You see, I still live in the same city where I grew up; so I think that I know my way around. But I …
Updated on August 26, 2016
How to Beat the Clock
That clock. All. Day. Long. He watches over my shoulder, tick-tocking his way into every fragmented thought. He determines what gets done and what gets piled in the corner. He decides if I eat lunch or simply down …
Updated on August 18, 2016
What Would Jesus Do?
This week it is Snapchat. Please, mom, please can I get it on my phone? Everyone has it. Please mom. This teenager of mine is nothing if not persistent. And he knows I have no good answer. He …
Updated on August 11, 2016
For When The Work gets Hard
We’ve been in school two weeks here in the southern suburbs. Two weeks, people! And the whining has already begun. We’ve already lost a notebook, cried over a book report and had a melt-down over the fact that …
Updated on October 6, 2016
It’s All About How You Fall
“Everyone stands somewhere. Even if we sometimes don’t know where we are standing … because we’ve never give it any attention. But there we are, nonetheless, standing somewhere” (Piper 21). John Piper writes these words in his book A Peculiar Glory. …
Updated on July 9, 2016
Standing still … and dancing
I was a senior in college the first time I realized that standing still was not my gift. And recently as the frantic pace of this summer has caught up with me, the memory of this long ago …
Updated on May 12, 2016
The Things I Forget to Remember
I have three boys. If you are from the south, this is where you bless my heart. Otherwise, you just ask me about my grocery bill. Because yes, I need my heart blessed, and yes I spend most …
Updated on April 27, 2016
Right Here?
The kitchen table. There is no place quite like it. And just so you know- that picture up there is my actual kitchen table – the one with the syrup rings, the dirty napkins and the waffle crumbs. It looks cleaner in black …
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