Sickness abounds still. Five children slumber-partied in the living room last night, bodies strewn upon one another in the kind of harmonic intimacy that only comes after dark. Grace screamed for two hours in her crib with her Papa at her side, and I holed up in the bathroom and tried not to hear. These […]
The Earth Is Alive
We have had two weeks of sickness around here, and just when I thought we were getting well, it came back to invade my lungs and Grace’s ears. No sleep. I am so, so, so, so tired. Nevertheless, yesterday dawned warm and sunny and in hopes of the car motion lulling Grace into a nap, I took the […]
Living Bravely: the mosaic is wrought through pain
What if Jesus doesn’t want to keep us from pain? What if the Hard Things and Broken Places are where we come to know the Lord? What if he is growing within us a heart full of courage? What if he wants to grow this within our children as well? On April first, just before I […]
Write Brave Words
Some women on my homeschool forum are taking a 30-day challenge to write every day in April, kind of a “break the lull in writing” kind of thing. I love this stuff. But if October taught me anything, it’s that writing (and publishing) every day for a month becomes impossibly hard. You know, life and all […]
…Become Altars of Sinning
“Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, they have become altars of sinning for him.” Hosea 8:11 IDOLS ARE NEVER SEEN AS IDOLS TO THE ONES DOING THE WORSHIPPING (This is the second of two posts so if you need background, read: Altars For Sin) Idols are never seen as idols to the ones doing the worshipping. […]
The Inhale and Exhale of Life
Today I am thinking about the Assyrian Christians. At the beginning of the Syrian Crisis I listened on NPR to a woman’s testimony of life in the war zone. Her voice comes to my mind today, and I wonder if she is alive, if her children are alive, if she has survived. These words that […]
Where Privilege Blinds, Love Sees
In a culture where “I was naked and you clothed me” means we donate used items to the Goodwill, where “I was hungry and you gave me food” means we offer a couple of bucks out the window to a panhandler, and where “I needed shelter and you took me in” only makes us cringe, […]
Fiery Gift
The first sermon I ever preached was on the infamous Love Chapter. Having worked myself into the position of Religious Vice President (it was a small school, these things happen), I was slated with the first Wednesday in February for the chapel devotional. Valentine’s Day being so close, the subject of love seemed appropriate. I was “then […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:14 (hits home)
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (I promised last week to write more about the word skenoo, but that will have to wait.) This will be a personal post, today, and it’s going to […]
When Mama Goes Crazy
These have been hard days for this mama. The holidays passed and suddenly it was time for school again, long before I was ready. Not that ready was going to happen–my idea of ‘ready’ right about now entails a two week vacation to Italy (alone), and, well, that kind of ready will have to wait. We were asked […]
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