I am nowhere near finished decorating for Christmas. My Christmas shopping has not even started and I know there’s baking… Read More Preparing to Prepare

I hate the phrase “mommy wars”. It’s a phrase that’s having its hayday in social media right now, pitting different… Read More A Spiritual Side to the Mommy Wars?

My husband and I are in an ongoing process of discerning our future life and ministry. This Spring, after feeling… Read More The Weight of Our Decisions

My three year old daughter is teaching me things. She’s teaching me about how to play puppies, that trying on… Read More Outside the Tent Hospitality

There are times in life when other people’s rest bothers me. The sleeping husband beside me when I’m suffering from… Read More Sharing the Sabbath

This weekend wasn’t a typical Thanksgiving. And as I write it’s with a mind and heart that have seen Facebook… Read More Thankful

Six weeks. Yep, that’s about right. The first two weeks of anything are the hardest but also exciting. The novelty… Read More Six Week Stretch

It’s not often my mother in law offers me suggestions with relative firmness but this post is a direct result… Read More New Beginnings…Again

I miss buying school supplies. I miss new pens and the crackle of loose leaf and the flexibility of erasers… Read More New Beginnings

I encountered the re-realization of a blessing today. It came in the midst of the lull of this summer, a… Read More Home Away from Home