Moments of Righteous Anger

Righteous anger doesn’t come easily. In fact, I have almost no recollections of anger that was purely targeted on sin rather than the negative effects that my or someone else’s sin had on me. I like to think that my anger is righteous when Eliot scatters soggy toilet paper all over the bathroom, or when [...]

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Interview With a Graduate (K-5 that is)

I cannot believe our first year is already over! It’s crazy how fast it went and how much fun we had. Granted, there were days I really didn’t want to teach and there days when , well, I just DIDN”T. Overall though, I LOVED the flexibility. I loved not having to leave my kids somewhere [...]

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Thoughts on Moments . . .

. . . when grace pours down, unexpected, unsolicited even and I am covered in His love. Feeding babies, dancing the hokey pokey, scrounging up a lunch, admonishing my children for the HUNDREDTH time to get their room clean, right in the middle of an ordinary day and Father says, “stop and feel my presence. [...]

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All For My Glory . . . Er, Ah, I Mean Yours

I have a story to tell. Why don’t I get asked to tell it?   I have a blog. Why can’t it be good enough for hundreds, even thousands of readers? I can sing. Why didn’t I get asked to lead worship? I want to serve. Why am I not being used? Do you ever [...]

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Not the Post I Planned On Writing

This morning I was crafting a beautiful, spiritual, probably moving post for you all, when Andy and I both locked into our own kingdom stuff and ended up bickering most of the morning. Bye bye post. Hello mess. Bye bye spiritual feeling. Hello selfishness. Thankfully, He is kind enough to remind me that feeling spiritual [...]

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I’m Too Mature For That

The past two days have been full of grace. I have not. It’s been a snowball of sinful attitudes and behaviors. You know what that’s like, when you start with one thing, and giving in to that one thing begins this process of seemingly breaking down all the good you’ve built up?  Then it’s as [...]

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Preceding the Miracle

I’ve been wracking my brain, re-reading the highlighted sections, which are turning out to be most of the book and there’s not a single excerpt I can give you without needing to give you five more, so you’re just going to have to go get it and read it yourself. (You can read the 1st [...]

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A First and Last

I am reading Ann Voskamp‘s book One Thousand Gifts. I can’t fairly start heralding the book’s greatness without finishing her journey (I’m three chapters from the end), but I feel quite confident this will be a book I share, lend out, have to pester the borrower to return, buy new copies of and gift to [...]

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Thank You

Phil 4: 4-6 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.   couple of days ago, as I [...]

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Four Days

When I woke up this morning, condition unimproved, I was, let’s just say, a little disappointed. It’s been four days with no change. Pretty sure it’s strep throat. I was angry when Andy brought Eliot to me so I could feed him. I’d only just managed to find a fitful sleep it seemed. It didn’t [...]

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