Contemplating

I wrap words around me Like a blanket or a caveThey bring security and freedomComfort Some are mineThoughts ponderedClarifiedAnd caught Making sense of sorrowsGiving voice to smilesTruths declaredQuestions begged Others authoredBy friends and strangersFriends all,...

Lessons

(This is a talk I gave to a wonderful group of homeschooling moms today) Homeschooling is a wonderful journey, full of adventure, joys, discovery, hard work, reward, and dangers. Like the routes the pioneers chose in their great journey west, Christian homeschooling...
Home Sweet

Home Sweet

this is the place I likethis is the person I amthis is my hearthere I breathe slowexcept to quicken with surprise, delightat His voice, His giftsdon’t tell me I can’t live herepragmatism cannot rob me of my idealsthis is how I am made to walk this...

Secret

“I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Him who...
Sunbathing

Sunbathing

green monster jealousy and your cousin envy you puff up and tear down simultaneously in my soul someone else receives my accolades why, what is wrong with me humming siren songs of pride, purpose, and place in these uncertain waters you cast out promises of security...

Little and Least

I have shed tears with many of you over this last week, as our hearts were shaken by Ann Voskamp’s words and photos from Guatemala. My life looks too pampered and fat. My thoughts too caught up with trivia in the face of such suffering. I am called and...

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