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My oldest boy heads off to school each day with his backpack weighted down with books – it must weigh over fifty pounds. These aren’t school books, they’re leisure books and I don’t know why he needs SO MANY of them onhand all at once...
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In early November a dear friend mentioned her desire to offer a pre-advent Advent retreat, she even had a title picked out, “The Edge of Advent.” She wanted to offer a space for people to prepare for the season, to stand on its edge and determine...
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Early this week my lower back popped, some inward tension caused it to explode in pain, twisting and curling my hips, shoulders, even the arches of my feet. Monday it was bad, Tuesday worse and I started wearing a back brace. By Wednesday I knew I was in...
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This is it, friends, Monday, Nov. 7 “Chicken Scratch: Stories of Love, Risk & Poultry” officially launches into the world. It’s exciting and a little bit scary and so, in honor of that, I want to share an excerpt from the book – a...
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(This is one of my favorite old posts from year I started blogging. The twins were just over a year old, Solomon was four and Sophia was six. Enjoy! And my you find hope for your own moment by moment journey from death to resurrection.) It was rainy...