“You weep now, are often in tears, tears of repentance, tears of sympathy; you are of them that mourn in Zion. But blessed are you; your present sorrows are no prejudices to your future joy, but preparatories for it: You shall laugh. You have triumphs in reserve; you are but sowing in tears, and shall… Continue reading Tonight’s Specials
Category: Comforts and Calls
Hugging the Porcupine
If Chuck-E-Cheese would not cost me a small fortune both in game tokens and hand-sanitizer, I would take my kids there from sheer nostalgia. I used to love skee ball, and race car games, and tickets and Chinese yo-yos. And I really loved whack-a-mole. Ask my dad about my quick hands. I could nail those suckers… Continue reading Hugging the Porcupine
Christ Colored Glasses
Once upon a time, I had an idea to start a blog for my kids. It was to be a place for them to practice writing and worldview discernment and have fun. It totally bombed. But, it was not for naught. Even though my hygienist recently missed my grey streak and thought I was a college… Continue reading Christ Colored Glasses
Worldview Through Literature’s My Favorite
School is off to a good start in our house. Maybe for the first time ever, we’ve hit a sweet spot of rigor and fun. Since all great literature aims to “teach and to delight” studying worldview through literature together is my favorite. A few years ago, I got to help start a co-op with this… Continue reading Worldview Through Literature’s My Favorite
Have Mercy on ME!
Sometimes when I am listening to the “she said, she said,” of the day, I daydream about how to apply Jethro’s advice to Moses in my home. Are there judges for hire instead of babysitters? Don’t I have better things to do than to rule on whether or not referring to a fellow person as… Continue reading Have Mercy on ME!
Sell It All
“Whether it be a brief, single encounter or the daily fellowship of years, Christian community is only this. We belong to one another only through and in Jesus Christ. What does this mean? It means, first, that a Christian needs others because of Jesus Christ. It means, second, that a Christian comes to others only… Continue reading Sell It All
Trickle Down Stressonomics
May is the time of year to plan for the next. School has wrapped up, and like grocery shopping on a full stomach is wise, so it is to make next year’s decisions while the fatigue is fresh. I generally start with a vision renewal- a “wait, what was I doing in here again?” kind… Continue reading Trickle Down Stressonomics
You Can’t Call Your Kids “Further Up and Further In” from Behind
I have a tricky relationship with sugar. Or really it’s not tricky, I would just prefer to eat like a 6-year-old who gets paid in Sweet-tarts for working in the Snickers factory. We swim in the white stuff in this time and place; the only natural shorelines are body image and health. Vanity is no… Continue reading You Can’t Call Your Kids “Further Up and Further In” from Behind
And Be Thankful
We had a lovely dinner with good friends tonight. The kind where the food was great and the company even better. We talked the gamut of topics and for a while landed on thankfulness, that familiar platitude we teach our kids to say and sign our messages with. But though the phrase is frequent, the… Continue reading And Be Thankful
Little Van Tils
Who has time to blog with all these cuties to raise? I sure haven’t lately. But, I bet the laundry can wait another day (it has heartily survived several already) to send out a little encouragement today. Born out of my own waning motivation to think hard lately, I fought back by picking up Van Til’s pamphlet, “Why… Continue reading Little Van Tils
Talking Wall 