Is there any holiday that is richer for Christians than Easter (or Resurrection Sunday, to be precise)? The celebration that encompasses so much: our salvation, our rescue, Jesus’ resurrection, our reconciliation to God, Jesus’ victory over sin, death, hell, and the grave…the list goes on and on. It is the most important day in the… Continue reading Four Christ-Centered Easter Traditions to Try with Your Kids
These things I want to remember. When the four big kids are in their beds and the house is quiet and dark. And I sit in my rocking chair and nurse you and your hands are splayed starfish-like on mine, or grasping my fingers. You close your eyes sleepily, and then you open them again… Continue reading Remember This
A while ago, I guest posted on Christian Adoption Consultant's blog (they worked with us on our son Mason's adoption). Check it out, if you're interested. Jeremy and I discussed adoption before we were married. It was always something we knew we would do. We had the “adoption gene,” the desire to grow our family… Continue reading Guest Post – CAC Blog
When I started in on Luci Swindoll’s book Simple Secrets to a Happy Life, I admit my hopes were not high. It sounded very simplistic and “don’t worry be happy.” I hadn’t read any of her other books, and really didn’t know to expect any different. My first clue that Luci Swindoll is pretty amazing came in… Continue reading Book Review – Simple Secrets to a Happy Life
I’m guest-blogging over at Kim Van Brunt’s blog {Honestly} Adoption about the long wait before we brought Laina home. I was unprepared for the weight of it: the absolute, soul-crushing burden of what I felt as I waited for my child. I knew it would be hard; I imagined what I thought I would feel with… Continue reading On Waiting and Adoption
I’ve been reading very slowly through Jesus’ five discourses in Matthew (five sermons that some can be viewed as a manual on discipleship of sorts). The first block of teaching is the Sermon on the Mount. I’ve been reading it in little chunks so I could reflect, pray, repent, put into action, etc. Then I… Continue reading A Tricky Passage: Turn the Other Cheek
September was a month full of good books. I'm almost afraid to keep reading because I might strike out after a good run. Ha. Here are my top three reads for the month: One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fulwiler. This was a light-hearted yet deep look at the idea of having it all. Can you… Continue reading On the Bookshelf – September, 2019
O come, all ye founded, You who are strong Built up by hope and gratefulness. Rejoice, you who see clearly The wonder of Emmanuel. Draw near and worship. O come, all ye fragile, You who are battered, Toppled, weakened, drowning. Kneel upon the firm, dusty ground Of the stable. Bow before the One whose… Continue reading Christmas Poem, 2018
The air was thin that night. The atmosphere itself spread to nothing because Heaven pressed so close. How could they even breathe, the two young parents, Tired and trembling, whispering, worshipping, Looking at Hope Himself, wrapped in glory like swaddling? Angels burst into song, pulling breaths of Earth’s air into heavenly lungs And in the… Continue reading Christmas Poem, 2017
(Virgin Mary Consoles Eve, painted by Sister Grace Remington, OCSO, Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey) (In the tradition of my grandfather, who loved writing poems, I began writing Christmas poems. This was my first, inspired by the beautiful and weighty painting above.) I stand Head bowed in shame, the weight of every sin upon my narrow… Continue reading Mary Consoles Eve, A Christmas Poem
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