It was three weeks ago today, and it’s still so vivid in my mind. Most of my early morning runs are not very memorable – the familiar pavement, an hour of peace, lots of prayers, maybe a (one earbud) podcast – but the one I set off for on Monday, August 20 at 6:15am left… Read More A Battle and a Rescue: Part 1
The archivist in me wants to get it all down here and not let any more time pass, so I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Rhode Island trying to finish the story before we start our annual week of youth camp. I should be working on the Bible study I will be leading all… Read More Far More Abundantly – Part 2: Delight
Hi, friends. It’s been a while, and I’ve missed being here. It’s partly due to a dizzying amount of activity and partly due to having so much to say that I don’t even know where to start. Two passages of Scripture have been coming to mind over and over in the last few weeks and months…… Read More Far More Abundantly – Part 1: Love is a Verb
Revelation. It was the next book staring at me as I turned the page from Jude on my journey through the New Testament in recent months. My first thoughts were: Ugh. I don’t want to read Revelation. Crazy visions, bowls of wrath, angels, sealed books, dragons with seven heads, and sea beasts. No one knows… Read More Celebration Grace
I snapped this photo on Monday morning. We had a lunch at our home for potential Deacons/Care Team members on Sunday after church, and one of our guests brought me a bouquet of flowers. It was the perfect opportunity to use these tiny vases which my friend Deborah sent me for my birthday. They’ve just… Read More Found in “Spring”
It really is the best week of the year, though it’s also the busiest. And the desire to take a little breather after the crazy pace isn’t an option for anyone in my house, well, except for Kayla who has the week off from Classical Conversations, but also a major thesis and defense due soon.… Read More Best Week of the Year
Yesterday I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes of very slow jogging on the treadmill. I was thrilled with this progress, because just two and a half weeks ago I couldn’t really even walk across the room without crutches. Never in my life have I needed crutches, and I hope I never… Read More Slow (but steady) Progress
It’s been a routine around here for a very long time. So long that it actually didn’t even start here in Massachusetts, but is more original to our life in Oklahoma when we had a toddler, an infant, and a ministry to college students. It’s the Sunday routine, and we’ve hardly ever veered from it.… Read More A Sunday In The Life
It was the first time I had ever seen white sand and blue water. Robert insisted that I meet him in the Dominican Republic after a scouting mission trip he’d been on there. Weighed down with tasks and obligations, I kept refusing, pointing out both the irresponsibility and impossibility of such a trip. So, he… Read More Sunshine, Superbowl, & Salvation Exultations
How to walk with women? How to support and encourage? How to advocate and defend? How to love and befriend? It doesn’t take a march on Washington (though I’m not opposed to writing legislators, voting in the good guys/gals, and peaceful protests), it only takes some thought, some prayer, and some follow through. Be warned… Read More 30 Ways To Walk With Women