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May 2011

May 20, 2011

A Bigger Story

“When you see your home as a missional outpost, your role as a mother becomes...

May 17, 2011

Community Thankful

It’s Thankful Tuesday, that lovely day when we all stop to remind ourselves that there...

May 13, 2011

Making Space for God (aka Peeing on Bushes in the Woods)

Yesterday, I found myself teaching my son something I never expected: How to point his...

May 10, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Moby wraps, pancakes, and baby dimples

Let’s start with this: There are some seasons in a marriage where you feel more...

May 06, 2011

Fresh flowers with dew: A Mother’s Day reflection

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Chris’ step-mom just sent me a Mother’s Day letter her grandfather...

May 05, 2011

A Poem for Mother’s Day

I know I posted a Cathy Song poem a couple of weeks ago, but when...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

Questions

While singing August my favorite goodnight song, “Mommy loves you” (Also known as “Beautiful Girl”...

April 07, 2011

August lists some things

What August thinks is crazy: The Weather Mater (the tow-truck from the movie Cars) Tow-Trucks...

April 05, 2011

3 Weeks Thankful

How do I count the ways? My littlest baby is three weeks old tomorrow and...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Why is rest such hard work?

Alysia Yates is one of those dearest kinds of people who come into your life...

March 29, 2011

In God’s Sweetness (a Thankful Tuesday post)

Yesterday was my first real day home with two kids. I don’t have to do...

March 28, 2011

Treasure

Last night in a haze of fever (Sunday was a rough day), I lay on...

March 24, 2011

Bless Thou to me my rest

The great thing about the first few weeks after delivering a child is that no...

March 22, 2011

Molly chooses the “bright side”: A Thankful Tuesday guest post

Molly Strader Hunt is one of my very favorite people in the whole world. I...

March 21, 2011

Why I’m going to Africa (aka: Why my family cannot be my whole world)

Friends, thank you for all of the notes and wishes this past week as we...

March 14, 2011

Beautiful

Last Wednesday night, as I entered the church nursery where August had been playing while...

March 08, 2011

Let’s Be Thankful!

I love our church and our community in San Francisco. I just looked online to...

March 02, 2011

The Greatest Role: A Mama’s Rant

As I type this, my toddler is asleep on my lap. He woke up early...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

Katie Holmes and Baby #2

So, yesterday I came across this blog post about Katie Holmes and an apparently “overheard”...

February 22, 2011

Thankful: I’m not Jesus

There are some moments of parenthood in which you are suddenly struck with the realization...

February 21, 2011

Happy Anniversary, Mama:Monk!

Yes, my friends, it has been one full year of bloggerdom. And in honor of...

February 09, 2011

Homelessness and Contradiction

I’ve always understood that I have a soft heart for the homeless. I don’t say...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

Mommy Fundies

Yesterday, one of my favorite bloggers and authors, Rachel Held Evans, wrote a post titled:...

January 17, 2011

Praying for the Space Shuttle

I’m sure I’ve mentioned (more times than you’ve cared to know, actually) that my kid’s...

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

January 10, 2011

Wholeness in Contradiction: A New Year’s Resolution

“We are all seeking wholeness,” the amazing Esther de Waal writes in Living with Contradiction:...

January 03, 2011

Preparing for T-Rexy

Happy New Year! I’ve missed you people. I have to say first that I’m a...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

What I’ve Learned About Motherhood in the Past 7 Days.

Gingerbread + Christmas cookies + pumpkin pie + staying up till 10 for three days...

December 09, 2010

Theotokos of the Sign

Note: I ran this post around three months ago, but am feeling like it's even...