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everyday holy

That my familiar world-view would shift into an everyday kind of Holy.

Psalm 127: The Mommy Psalm

What is it about being a parent that we should be preaching to ourselves, in and outside of parenting, as we prepare to step into the throne room?

The Surprising Way We are Combatting the Grumpies (and winning!)

We are trading our “grumpies” for “thank you’s” because there are deep wells of joy to be explored.

Mom, You Need A Friend

When women set aside the need for comparison, leave insecurities and judgement at home, and come together with the humble and mutual understanding that we need each other, we all thrive.

But Why: a discussion on sexual purity and the church

We should wonder that God has placed in our physical bodies a desire for intimacy and unity that stirs in us, and should remind us of our longing for His return and our oneness to be restored.

Addendum: On special secret surprises and tadpoles

Addendum: On special secret surprises and tadpoles- a first discussion with my daughter about sex.

We used to be cool…

I am finding that digging down deep into the temporary messiness of grace is to live in reckless abandon to eternity

Wait.

How do we wait in the mind-numbing silence that often comes with trials, believing a God who promises that he has our best in mind?

When I picture Jesus on the cross I feel the weight of his love bear down on my chest, so heavy I physically sense the buckling of knees. The sorrow over sins is present with this picture, but when I see him in my mind’s eye, it’s joy I feel—a deep, almost painful joy. ItContinue reading “fifty-three eleven”

Rest, not just another 4 letter word

How on earth do we walk in obedience in the area of rest, when all of life with its expectations and tiny, non-sleeping people, seem to be single-mindedly preying on it?