The Global Body of Believers: a guest post by my daughter. Sorta.
If you follow my blog, you already know my oldest has been interning in the Philippines this summer. After almost three months, I'm ready for her to be back. Rachel has been a reader since she could distinguish A from B, and at times her appetite for books was...
Pushmi-pullyu
It was sometime after the start of last school year when my youngest decided to be a jerk. "Wow, Mom, next year is going to kill you…" He had my attention. "...I'll be graduating high school and Rachel will graduate from college." His declaration hung there heavy...
Around/About: The “Back From the Beach” Edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, things to do and interesting reads. My happy place is the beach. It matters not which beach so much, only that it has plenty of sand and surf. I've just returned from a week of watching the sun rise over the...
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There is n o t h i n g that shouts new mercies more beautifully and worshipfully to me than sunrise over the ocean. I will never take for granted the privilege of a front row seat to that show, spectacular, which I've enjoyed the past several days. It takes...
Holy Wrestling and Sleepless Nights
i. It’s four in the morning and I’m wide awake and angry about it; tossing and turning has done little to fuel exhaustion back to sleep. Begrudgingly I receive my insomnia as an invitation to prayer. It’s a sleepy intercession for the troublesome circumstances of...
Around/About: The “What? You Still Have a Blog?!” Edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, things to do and interesting reads. It's been forever and a day since I shared my favorite internetty finds, but that's not for lack of keeping a shameful abundance of tabs open in three different browsers. There's no...
On Cheers and Belonging || a 5-minute Friday Writing Prompt
Maybe you know this and maybe you don't, but last August I moved to a new place three hours south of the old place. Back to my home state and just two hours from the place I was born. Hometown… in 51 years I've called three places hometown, and I mean the same...
So Much of Who I Am is Because of Who She Was (Listen to Your Mother Show – Atlanta 2014)
I've been counting down the days not only to share this with you, but to see it myself!! A few months ago I mentioned taking part in Atlanta's inaugural Listen to Your Mother Show and today my performance is available on LTYM's You Tube channel. I'm...
The Church on the Southern Front Porch
i. I know better than to judge a person by his name, but if it's possible, I knew Stu was going to be a character even before I heard him speak. Recommended to do a home renovation for us, when he answered my call, he chuckled at "Hello." This guy was not going to...