Having a Martha Home the Mary Way: Grace Day

Today is supposed to be Day 12. I’ve read the Mary section… which is so appropriate for where I’m at mentally and emotionally this week. It has been a busy week. I’m tired. I could push through and work on my closet (which is the Martha assignment for Day 12), but I think I’m going to give myself […]

Having a Martha Home the Mary Way: Day 8

It’s Monday again!!! And I have my usual Monday energy! YAY! Too bad it can’t last all week long… Ah well. I enjoyed taking the kids shopping for groceries this morning and dropping off the extras from our garage sale to our church’s clothing closet. (Thanks, Jess for being willing to donate all those little […]

On Religion and Politics…

They say to avoid conflict, don’t talk religion or politics. I’m gonna talk about both. In Sunday School last week we read 1 Peter 2:11-20. Verse 17 in particular caught my attention. It says: Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. Four short phrases pack a MEAN […]

An Episode… And I’m Not Talking Star Wars…

If Memory serves me correctly, it was a summer night. My brother, Chris, and I must have been asleep for a while because I remember feeling groggy when I heard the knock on my door. Immediately after the knock, the door was opened and I heard a question. It was my dad. “Wanna go for […]

Why you really have to keep falling in love, by Ann Voskamp

Why you really have to keep falling in love, by Ann Voskamp I recently stumbled upon Ann Voskamp’s blog. (Click on the highlighted link to read her post “Why you really have to keep falling in love.”) I have heard wonderful things about her book, A Thousand Gifts, on the radio, from friends, acquaintances… I […]