Beyond Logic (Why We’re Considering Getting a Dog)

(Can you even believe how wildly happy this dog looks?!) Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense.  But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. – Frank Herbert My best friend from seminary had two dogs –...

Steadfast Love (#SmallWonder)

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:22 The field, the road, the driveway were covered when I crept down the stairs in early morning dark. ...

Snow Days

But Sarah’s heart was full.  It was as full as when the sounds of her own children had filled her house. – in “The Mitten Tree” by Candace Christiansen Everywhere I look people are writing about the silence, the quiet hush of these...

Small Wonder Link-up

(Photo Credit) Most mornings I’m up by six with the goal of ingesting equal amounts of caffeine and silence before the clock strikes seven and the kids tumble down the stairs.  This morning when I plopped down on the love seat with the first warm cup of...

Turned and Turning

Me and my “bitty-boy,” enjoying the rope swing. She asked what my sense of God was and it came like a flash in my mind. Levi is my “uppie” boy still at three and a half.  Lately he’s taken to bargaining to achieve a place on my hip. “If you take me...

Welcome: Small Wonder

Today I’m grateful to welcome the Unforced Rhythms community to my little space on the internet – Welcome, friends.  This past year was a real doozy for me personally, full of all sorts of unexpected ups and downs.  2015 has me feeling...
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