Where we live, you know that Spring is rolling in when at least once a week you can leave your back door open and the crisp breeze of fresh air can blow through the screen right into your home. You can look outside at the blooms popping up everywhere! And, my kids also know (and... Continue Reading →
This crazy call of homeschooling
It is another Monday morning. The house is quiet. The kids are still sleeping. I sit at my kitchen table with a small remnant of coffee left in my cup as I linger here after my quiet time. Out the window I look to see the sunrise, but instead see the incoming rain clouds. Inside... Continue Reading →
To See, To Serve, To Feel
"What do you want to do in light of what you've learned?" This is a question on the last page of the Beth Moore study I have just completed on the book and life of James in the Bible (James:Mercy Triumphs). What do I want to do in light of what I've learned? The answer... Continue Reading →
86,400 Moments
Every morning. Tick. Tick. Tick. A little rhythm I hear as I rise each day by the seemingly small clock next to my bathroom sink. Tick. Tick. It's a subconscious reminder that a new day has begun. Minute by minute. Second by second. I have 86,400 seconds every single day to either use or waste,... Continue Reading →
God’s grace flows to open hands
Closed-fisted. This is my general approach to life. I enter each day tightly grasping on to the things I know. The things I love. The things I have. All of these things only allowed to be mine by the grace of a loving God. And even then, never really mine at all. This has been... Continue Reading →