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One Thousand Gifts: Critters & Creatures

by Robin | Jun 13, 2011 | Animals, Faith, Favorite things, Gratitude, Nature, One Thousand Gifts, Personal

As long as I can remember, I've had a fascination with bugs–the good (ladybugs, fire flies & butterflies), the bad (bees, dragonflies & spiders) and the ugly (praying mantises freak me out!). On hands and knees or tippie toes scouring cabinets...

The wisdom of Bonhoeffer

by Robin | Jun 12, 2011 | Faith, Great quotes

One of my favorite books is Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community;" I labored through it because of its richness, depth and beauty, and it changed the way I viewed (and even live out) community. ...

Tragedy and triumph, the beauty of this day

by Robin | Apr 24, 2011 | Celebrations, Faith

Unimaginable brutality, what man can do to man. I can barely think of the brutal torture Jesus endured–the humiliation, degradation, beating, and those nails…. All, said, to pale in comparison to his anguish from bearing the weight of...

Give pause

by Robin | Apr 10, 2011 | Faith, Inspiring

It is not the disease but neglect of the remedy which generally destroys life. ~ From the Latin * * * * * * For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ~ 1 Corninthians 15:22...

Sacred table

by Robin | Apr 7, 2011 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Food and Drink, friendship, Recipes

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinkingif God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~ Voltaire In a few weeks Easter will be celebrated and families and friends will gather together to honor a risen King; we'll do so around a...

pierced :: perspective

by Robin | Apr 5, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos

His bones were broken… And though it could’ve been much worse, he had surgery… …felt lousy for a little while, and will have to sit out most of the soccer season. When it happened and he was hurting bad, I was hurting bad. And...