our traditional heart attack
I pulled everyone together for our traditional valentine’s kitchen Heart Attack for Family Home Evening this week. (I made that sound like it was easy, and it should be with…
companions
One of my best friends from high school and her husband are mission presidents right now. Last week she wrote about the incredible difference a good companion can make for…
thoughts about 9-11 and the beauty of rallying, together
Last night Claire sat perched on the kitchen counter as I whipped up some Friday night pizza, and asked me to tell her about my experience on September 11th when…
TWENTY-FIVE years
On Tuesday Dave and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Gosh. How does all that time fly by so fast? Weren’t we JUST here, on our honeymoon, eyes wide and…
kinship – We’ve just forgotten we belong to each other
Today we will have a guest post from Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest who wrote Tatoos on the Heart…one of my favorite books of all time (HERE). I loved this…
the plan that worked — Elle’s wedding
Last week, after a series of “plan b’s,” my daughter got married amidst majestic red rocks and surrounded (but not too close!), by immediate family. …to the man of her…
our true shape in God
When I took my class on Grace last semester, one thing, among the thousands, that hit me was that our teacher (a therapist) explained that everyone has two basic emotional…
ministering and LOVE on Valentine’s Day
{post edit note: scroll down if you want to get to the main point of this post: thoughts on helping teens learn to minister, because I got a little carried…