preface: this is not a judgement on the characters or motives of any one person or family. this is a judgement on the culture’s tendency to overlook victims and the christian church’s tendency to minimize abuse. RECAP Last week news broke about the criminal misconduct of Josh Duggar, who is the eldest son of […]
Up-Hill
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You […]
Favorite Granola (recipe)
There are very few meals I can eat in the morning without feeling ill a few hours later; carbs before proteins are deadly. This granola is magical for me, because the nuts, seeds, fruit fiber and fats round out the oats and sweeteners. One bowl of this with milk, cream or yogurt, and I feel amazingly balanced. I make granola about once […]
“I Know You” (wednesdays in the word; john 1:40-42)
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “we have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You shall be […]
Surely He’s The One We Should Follow (wednesdays in the word: john 1:35-39)
We all have so many teachers, so many “rabbis” upon which and upon whom we place our attention. This passage made me cry as I thought through what it really means to leave all other rabbis behind. Friends, parents, authors, counselors, professors, political pundits, news anchors, voices on the internet, health and exercise gurus, philosophers, […]
Leave, and Leaving
David is on leave (which to all of you civilians means vacation); he’s a happy pajama-wearing, beard growing man who is unintentionally throwing off our school schedule. I’m trying to stick to the basics but also hold our days loosely in my hand. We’re a family, and these are relationships. I constantly fight the urge to […]
Dear Child, I Imperfectly Love You (thoughts on mother’s day)
Dear Child, I’m not one to go all crazy on Mother’s Day. My nose lifts a bit at holidays with modern roots, and this is your father’s fault. It’s also your father’s fault that I have you at all, a fact driven home when I asked what he’s giving me for Mother’s Day. “I already gave you […]
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