Some days this image of a broken dam runs through my head. Chris and I will work hard to build a good sturdy wall of routine, discipline, and comfort for our kids. But when that wall is holding strong, I tend to neglect the maintenance, forgetting what power lies dormant if that wall bursts. Until… Continue reading Breached Dam
Category: Thoughts
When Opportunity Knocks
I was recently asked a question along these lines: What do you do with your family/kids to teach Christ and who He is and who He is for them? Parts of my Response: In general, our family worship time looks like singing a hymn, reading or telling a bible story, and then praying together. But… Continue reading When Opportunity Knocks
God is Not Mocked
Our women’s doctrine study is working through the book, “Easy Chairs, Hard Words: Conversations on the Liberties of God.” It’s a unique treatise of the doctrines of grace in that it is set in a fictional setting as a conversation between a young man with questions and an older pastor. Instead of working through the… Continue reading God is Not Mocked
A Blog About My Blog
I’m on an organizing push around my house. Call it nesting if you like, but I’ve always liked things to have homes. Are there really people out there who don’t? I know not all of us are always organized or sometimes we are too overwhelmed to get there; but really who doesn’t like the finished… Continue reading A Blog About My Blog
How I Do It
I was humbled to be asked by someone I respect very much how I do my life homeschooling 6 kids. If you’ve wondered, here was my response… Hi …, Thanks for the encouraging words. It’s very humbling to be asked how I do it. My first response was going to be something like: I don’t… Continue reading How I Do It
Babies Come Out One Way or Another
Warning: This post will probably be of little interest to some maybe even gross (I’ve lost my ability to assess that category from a normal perspective). But some of you may find it helpful and it’s on my mind, so take it or leave it. I’m actually considering (gulp) going without an epidural, on purpose… Continue reading Babies Come Out One Way or Another
Better Heroes
I know that Lincoln is all the rage right now. Personally I’m on the fence, admittedly because I haven’t taken much time to study him beyond the government version of history. Either way, he opened the door to big government (yuck), but was, whether he intended to be or not,used by the Lord to end… Continue reading Better Heroes
Christian Hospitality
Hospitality is part of my inheritance from my mom. She modeled for us the ability to welcome and attract people to an orderly (albeit lively) family home rather than to an immaculate professional house. It was so natural to me growing up that until I started my own hospitable endeavors did I realize how uncomfortable it… Continue reading Christian Hospitality
Sweet Sovereignty
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. – Psalm 138:8 You know those times when a verse just leaps off the page and hits you between the eyeballs? This morning was one of those times and it’s still throbbing. … Continue reading Sweet Sovereignty
The Best Story
The Lord has made a wonderfully bizarre world full of fodder for great stories, both true and invented. We love stories at our house. We read them, tell them, act them out, and make them up. To find out an amazing story is true is far better than finding out that one you were told… Continue reading The Best Story
Talking Wall 