When my oldest son, who is now somehow eighteen, was born, I began writing a secret blog simply to keep my mind sharp and my heart processed as I sought to honor the Lord and study His Word. Since then, I’ve continued to write (sometimes more regularly, sometimes inconsisently). My blogs cover all kinds of ground: book reviews, poetry, theology, motherhood, anthropology, literature. I’ve tried my best to tag them into categories, but its the wild, wild west over here–which is allowed since we do live on the West Coast.
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- How Teenagers Have Changed My Prayer LifeBefore parenting teenagers, I would have given myself a passing grade at prayer. I felt, at least, moderately faithful and fervent in prayer. I have Scripture cards in my purse for praying in carlines and at halftimes. I journal prayers for my boys weekly during my Sabbath time. All in all, I thought I was… Read more: How Teenagers Have Changed My Prayer Life
- Simeon Bears the Burden BearerSimeon was a story gatherer. As an elderly man, he carried the weight of the stories of his people, both collective and individual. Every time someone came and shared with him his or her story of loss or loneliness, a child born or a child lost, he surely felt the weight of his role. He… Read more: Simeon Bears the Burden Bearer
- Mary to the DonkeyWhile at a birthday party in the country, my youngest son and I found solace from an epic Nerf gun battle in the pen of two precious donkeys. We made fast friends. I never thought I would be the type to wax on and on about a donkey, but here I am, a donkey lover.… Read more: Mary to the Donkey
- To Care & Not to Care: A Prayer for PerimenopauseMy poor middle son complains all the time about the strange spelling of his name: Eliot. I continually tell him that it comes from a literary giant, T.S. Eliot, but it does little to assuage his annoyance. Hopefully, one day he will understand. As a lover of T.S. Eliot from the first time I read… Read more: To Care & Not to Care: A Prayer for Perimenopause
- Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion“Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”Luke 1:28. A teenager engaged to be married to a carpenter had her world turned upside down by this strange greeting and the even stranger invitation that followed it. “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in… Read more: Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion
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