I have been enjoying many days of substitute teaching lately, and each day provides me with at least one good illustration of some Biblical truth, but very little brain space and energy to record it for you. So here is just a small reminder for you during the craziest season of the year- a meager offering….
He Knows Your Name
“He knows my name!” She said it with a goofy grin that can only belong to a kid who cares about what her principal thinks of her. Just a month into her first year at the middle school, with a couple of club meetings under her belt, she walked down the hallway and her principal…
“Pint-sized” Dreams: God Honors Our Small Offerings
Hey, everyone! Since my kids are all in school full time I decided to get busy substitute teaching in their school. I guess part of me just needs to boss around little kids. Anyway, my writing has been a bit erratic due to the lifestyle change, but know I am thinking of you all the…
Learning to Fail- How Owning Our Mistakes Can Be Our Best Witness
To whomever it was that morphed “adult” into a verb, I applaud you enthusiastically. The evolution of language at its finest. “Adulting” has come to encapsulate all those tasks and responsibilities we didn’t have to do as kids. Paying bills, doing housework, ruining our kids’ lives, those all fall under the broad definition of “adulting.”…
Hand-me-down Bibles: Reminding Ourselves and Others to Leave the Heavy Lifting to God
“I lift up my eyes to the hills,” he began. “Hold on, G,” I interrupted him, “I just read this verse this morning. It was my emailed Bible verse of the day, and that’s the verse you chose to read. Isn’t that cool?” Before you credit us with any diligence when it comes to morning…
Conspicuous Grace: Why the World Needs our Broken Witness
Ok, so the past couple days I have written and edited and stared at the screen and… nada. Nothing seemed right. It didn’t click. I had a lot of baby ideas, but nothing mature enough to publish without making me look like a fool. Only after several conversations and witnessing several strange things going on…
The Struggle is Real: How Mommy Stress Ruined my Life
Disclaimer: While I hope this post gives you the tools and hope and information to make a positive change in your life, I am in no way a medical professional. I am a woman who has gone through some junk and learned a lot along the way. This is my testimony: A friend at church…
Redefining “Enough”
So I have become enamored with a new show on Tru TV. If you had told me a year ago that I would enjoy a whopping 3 shows on that channel I would have called you a liar. But here we are. The show is called Adam Ruins Everything and I’ll boil it down for…
Fuddruckers, Fantastic Beasts, and Fighting Ungratefulness
Funny story. Not really, but perhaps you will understand the situation a little better after this anecdote from my pretty ordinary existence. We were on the way home from a fun, yet long, trip to the South to visit my parents and some friends. We were on our second day of driving home and my…
Beautiful Feet
We took all the munchkins to a waterfall a short while ago to celebrate my birthday. It was a gorgeous place on a beautiful day, which explains why it was totally packed with people. The cool thing about these falls is that while they look turbulent, you can still swim in them, and climb the…
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