It was during my junior high years that I noticed my living conditions were different from most of my friends. Most of my friends lived in these big sprawling houses that had more rooms than I could count. Some of them even had those refrigerators with water and ice that came out of the front…
A weekly email written to encourage you. That’s it! They’ll be short and to the point. I really hope this doesn’t sound cheesy. I hate cheesy. The notes will be just that. Notes. Not long and lengthy, but short and thoughtful. They’ll come on Friday mornings… I’d LOVE for you to sign up. It’s one…
Hi there, Lent is coming around the corner. Ash Wednesday is just a few days away. Lent hits at the tail end of winter and right at the cusp of spring, when we remember the forty days Jesus wandered in the wilderness and was tempted by Satan. Usually, people choose to give up something as…
For several years now, I have struggled to gain a sense of clarity about where I’m going. For almost six years, I’ve simply known how to do the next thing. The thing right in front of me. My life was in constant upheaval, and so knowing what was in store for the long-term seemed unnecessary….
There’s nothing like sinking your teeth into a new novel series, is there? I love when I get to stay up late into the night, devour a novel, and then drive to the bookstore the very next morning to get my hands on the sequel. It’s so fun. In honor of summer reading, and the…
It’s been an intense morning. Lucas is home sick with terrible spring allergies. I had to call the doctor’s office to have them resend Emma’s school form granting her permission to run track this spring, and I’m editing a rather edgy piece that’s coming out tomorrow morning about the Billy Graham rule. All that to…
Here we are at the end of another week. Spring has finally arrived, although we’d hardly know it. So far we’ve had two days of sunshine and about a dozen days of rain. The incessant rain we’ve had in the Seattle area is starting to drive me mad. I’m hoping for sun this weekend, but…
In February, Tina wrote the blog post, “What’s Saving Your Life Right Now?” Last week Tina, whom I affectively call my friend and sister, and have only met on Facebook, approached me with this same question. It has taken me several days to get a real grip on what’s saving my life right now, but…
“Whatever is foreseen in joy Must be lived out from day to day. Vision held open in the dark By our ten thousand days of work. Harvest will fill the barn; for that The hand must ache, the face must sweat. And yet no leaf or grain is filled By work of ours; the field…
Some of you might remember a blog post I wrote about mean girls and hard times my daughter had when she was caught in the middle of a mess with some girls at school. It was horrible. It was also temporary. Yesterday, Emma and I were driving to Safeway to meet her dad, and we…
