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December 2016

December 11, 2016

Vlog Episode 2

The Sermon I listened to today: God Is Good, God is Present and He is...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Suffering and the Mind/Body Connection in Mental Illness

Over the last month or so, I've felt debilitatingly sad and overwhelmed. A feeling that...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Little Things

I've been resting and it has felt so very good. A couple months ago, we...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

The Hospital Story That Won’t Go Viral

I have a three-year-old son. You know that saying that a little boy is just...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

Of the Good Father and Appliances

We are completely moved into our new house! Of course, when I say moved in,...

May 20, 2015

Worth It

Horrible and scary things are happening all around the world right now. As Christians, we...

May 06, 2015

Good

It is such a gift to have a Dr who calls you personally to check...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Wanted: True Friends (and 10 Steps to Finding Them)

I had my first BFF when I was 5 or 6 years old. One day,...

January 2015

January 18, 2015

Snares of Parenthood

How often do we grasp at our children's lives? We are so careful, so particular,...

January 12, 2015

Glimpsing Glory

We had the opportunity to go back and worship with the saints at Trinity Reformed...

December 2014

December 20, 2014

A Personal Word on Audio Sermons

My husband and I were talking about this a couple of days ago, and I...

December 03, 2014

Choose Beauty

Just because you’re a mom doesn’t mean you have to give up being a woman....

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Mercies

I was looking for a particular photo today and ran across this one. I was...

November 19, 2014

God Provides

I know this is kinda off topic, but it is such a wonderful example of...

November 10, 2014

Can you handle the truth?

[t]he gospel of Jesus Christ is that you can’t fix yourself. You can’t get the...

October 2014

October 18, 2014

On Pride

Part of the power of pride’s duplicity is in its parasitic nature: it latches on...

October 11, 2014

Tasting

We enjoyed an incredible lunch of home-made onion soup with gruyère croutons a couple of days...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

When You’re Tired and Hurt or Answered Prayers 2014 No. 11

I was being careful, tending to my broken foot, my broken body. Hobbling around for...

September 10, 2014

Gospel Imagery Explosion

I was just reading Psalm 30 today: it is an incredible love story. David wrote...

September 02, 2014

New Adventure

On Monday we started educating our girls at home. We hired a wonderful gal to...

August 2014

August 22, 2014

Complaining and the Center of Our World

Complaining about life and seeking justice for genuine wrongs are two different things. But that’s not...

August 03, 2014

Decadent Beauty

My husband and I got home today from a week-long cruise to Alaska & Canada...

July 2014

July 20, 2014

Everyday Sins

"Sin is anything you do that you don't do for the glory of God."-John Piper...

July 15, 2014

Loneliness is a Gift

Check out Jennifer Ebenhack's post Loneliness: 3 Surprising truths that can change everything for some comforting...

July 10, 2014

It’s Not Me, It’s Him.

Don't be misled by my blog, my Facebook and twitter feeds. Don't be fooled by...

July 01, 2014

Stones and a Slingshot

For the last couple months, a dear friend and I have been working through Becoming...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Confessing Our Sins Together

"Isn’t it a prick of insanity that we fear those who could do nothing...

June 23, 2014

Fighting My Goliath (aka Answered Prayer No. 7)

Recently on my Facebook page, I came out of the closet: I've been a slave...

June 23, 2014

To the Pregnant Woman Without Options

A long time ago – 31 years this August, there was a woman just...

June 13, 2014

This Gift is for Us

Earlier today I was reading 2 Chronicles 7. It is at the part where Solomon...