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“What do you think heaven’s like?” Seated around the sticky kitchen island in the early morning humidity, my children and I wake up slowly. I am on a second or third cup of reheated coffee. They spill milk and cereal and crunch chocolate toast. In a...
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The Good Samaritan by Vincent Van Gogh While the kids watch TV my husband and I steal a quiet moment at the edge of the yard. Sitting side-by-side at the end of the driveway, the garage shades us as we talk about the morning’s sermon. “I really liked the...
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This week I’m grateful to share a guest post by Dolly Lee. Her writing always brings a gentle, clear perspective and an invitation to rest in God’s love. Dolly just finished her first e-book, A Soul Care Manifesto, which you can receive...
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I don’t generally recommend camping out, alone, two states away from home, in the yard of someone you met online. No, generally, I would say that sounds like a bad idea. But . . . that’s what I did last summer. I practiced pitching my tent, then packed it...
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These are the blossoms for the Dragon’s Tongue beans. Photo Source And for all this, nature is never spent; there lives the dearest freshness deep down things . . . – Gerard Manly Hopkins Bean plants grow low and lazy, leaning. Standing...
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We’re officially on vacation this week in sunny Florida. We drove down Saturday in one long haul. Our kids did amazingly well and my husband drove for long stretches like a champ. I kept myself awake, driving while he slept, by carving baby...
