We didn’t get what we expected. But now we wait in expectation for what we will get We will get Strength when we have none. Faith to ride the storms. God moving, moving in our children, when I’m rendered too weary for the job. Order when I can’t be the one to enforce it Joyful […]

In leu of the 2014 New Years Resolutions we have only-one-week-in failures (this is getting posted on Tuesday, not Monday) and victories, I have read to my kids every single day. And with the reading we have a wide range of attention spans and literary analysis. For instance, we all huddle in the girls room […]

**Editor’s note: Posting this a bit late, but needed to get my Libyan friends’ clearance before posting. Ronnie Smith was called Libya’s friend. He loved the people. And so do I. My children actually have Libyan grandparents, you know. I have Libyan brothers and sisters and mother and pop and dear dear friends. Not by […]

If it’s up here, I won’t find a crumpled piece of paper next October, only to say “Oh, I completely forgot about this!” If it’s up here, its easy for me to access (and be reminded!) If it’s up here, there is some public accountability. If it’s up here, its been thought through, prayed over, […]