the first of three reasons I am a basket-case right now
This last week has been kind of a doozy on my emotions. Lucy sang her heart out in SIX MCO concerts. I spoke at the “Arise Conference.” I got to…
the magic of parental listening
Lucy gave me a really good parenting tip a few weeks ago without even meaning to. I was sending little Valentine’s packages to all the big kids, and she didn’t…
a big miracle for Lucy
The other day I was thinking about miracles. And their evolution. Remember how Lucy’s vision teachers took special care to enlarge her homework worksheets like this? Lucy is holding one…
levels of obedience — Sunday Pondering
One of Claire’s friends gave a talk in church a while back about what I’ve started to call the “three levels of obedience.” (Yes I liked the thought enough to…
Sunday pondering — a “conscious receiving”
I’ve been thinking about this a lot…another beautiful quote from Richard Rohr. I wish I could remember which meditation it was part of so I could refer you to the…
the holidays are over, what now?
Dave and I watched “Puss in Boots” with Lu over the three-day weekend. (It was a cute movie.) As Puss was grappling with how to handle only having one life…
He came for us one by one. Merry Christmas Eve
I got to be the one to record the Come Follow Me devotional that airs today, Christmas Eve. (You can find it in the Come Follow Me Foundation app, which…
He is the Gift
We’ve been doing a lot of gift-buying and scurrying around around here, and so I just think I really needed to watch this today. …And to remember that HE is…
real questions for real life
I love when kids ask real questions for real life. When they are searching. And when they are vulnerable and lay their feelings out on the line. I love when…