"And now these three remain…faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Burnout. Chances are good you’ve experienced it…if you’ve got a ministry, you know what ministry burnout feels like. Whether you’re a missionary, a pastor’s wife, a counselor, a teacher, a mother, a wife, a worship leader, a Sunday school teacher, a writer, a nurse, an evangelist, a manager…you know what I’m talking about when I […]
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In an effort to lighten things up around here, I’m starting a new category of posts….”Backseat Conversations.” What are backseat conversations? I love to evesdrop on my kids, they say the most interesting things that sometimes have me laughing for days. Often as not, these conversations take place in the backseat of the van when […]
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This one was too good not to share. While sitting in the shop waiting for new tires to be put on the van, I had the opportunity to thumb through some Sunset magazines. I ran across this cake recipe, which I adjusted to make gluten and dairy free. It’s so good! The concept of eating […]
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Sometimes God gives you a gift, a special gift just for you to let you know that He knows the desires of your heart and He delights in your joy. The sort of gift that is wrapped up in beautiful paper and tied with curls of brightly colored ribbon, the kind with your name on […]
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This is an edited repost of a post written several years ago….was just thinking about this day and wanted to tell it again….. I am rinsing the dregs of the lunch dishes, chasing spent suds from the sink’s steel sides, when I see it. We’ve had a good morning, Youngest and I, with little disruption […]
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It’s this man’s birthday today, the one who’s stood by me through thick and thin, through all sorts of trials and tribulations, through sleepless nights and hikes in the mountains and music playing and children laughing and so many, many blessings. It is also the month that marks the day I have been with […]
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It’s been so long, and so many things have happened in the months since I was faithfully blogging…I don’t really know where to begin. It has been a stormy, up-and-down time, a beautiful time, a sad time. In the end, we are more blessed than I could have imagined and this time sweating in the […]
Read more…just a little redecorating and organization here, dusting off the blog and the keyboard as things settle at our house.
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My stress level is high, we are juggling too many things right now and, at the same time, trying to keep up with the full schedule that is daily life. The sounds of voices drift into the kitchen, laughter punctuates the waves of sound here and there like the roar of the ocean, like a […]
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