The vacation that could have sucked but didn’t
I had high expectations:We’d have twilight walks by the river.There would be blankets spread out on grassy hills under tall pines.Our shoulders would be golden from time spent playing games in the...
View ArticleGrace for Moms – you and I both need it.
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes get a supermom complex – not thinking I am supermom, but getting wrapped up in wanting to be supermom.I have a lot of ideas about motherhood and parenting, and...
View ArticleOn flapping my arms like a wild man and learning to walk with Him
I forgot how endearing (and hilarious) it is – the learning-how-to-walk stage of babyhood.And although he didn’t ask me if I was ready for it, apparently he was. (Seems somebody is impatient to keep...
View ArticleTeaching my son to pull his pants up, and teaching me to face my own weakness
Maybe you don’t need to be ready. Maybe you just need to be willing.I am a hopeless perfectionist. This means I not only like things done well, but I often put them off until I have time to do them...
View ArticleWe are one. And we are becoming one. (Thoughts on marriage and discipleship.)
Before I was married, I had the perfect marriage. (Sort of like before I had children, I was the perfect parent.)I had read the books, studied other couples and families, and formed neat little...
View ArticleThe most amazing thing I’ve learned in a long time
A brain scientist, off all people, held us hostage and rocked our personal and collective world as we heard “new” truths unfold. A few weeks ago I had the huge privilege of attending the Hillsong...
View ArticleHow do you find purpose in life? (Hint: check your pockets.)
Passion and purpose can sound like big words when you’re buried in laundry and tripping over legos, but there is a bigger purpose to our lives than what we typically see on a Tuesday afternoon when...
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