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May 2012

May 14, 2012

On Sweetness and Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day morning and last night was one of those up and down kinds...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Thoughts on Kairos and Epiphany, the ‘unbidden and unexpected’

I've been reading and loving my newest happy discovery, In the Midst of Chaos: Caring...

April 26, 2012

Dishes and Litany and all that Beauty

I live in the litany of the putting away. The clean dishes go onto shelves,...

April 23, 2012

Walk slow and notice

The plane lands and you have a connection to make in a city you've never...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Let them tell this story: She was always being remade

I'm a stressed mom. I'm stressed too often. I worry that August's most prominent memory...

March 15, 2012

Welcomed into the Story

When I stood on the second row at Jamie's church last Sunday and watched her...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The work of God

"When the time comes for one of the divine offices to begin, as soon as...

February 07, 2012

The Man Love Raised: A Thankful Tuesday post

Last night, my 89-year-old grandfather fell and hit his head and broke his hip. I...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

‘The hours illuminated and celebrated’: Thankful Tuesday

"Cast out from the luxuriant friendship and ease of the hours, we feel a blankness,...

January 23, 2012

For Brooksie, upon his turning ten months old.

You turned ten months old last Tuesday. Almost every other month of your living, we've...

January 18, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} It should normally be short.

"If in ordinary life we have a favour to ask of someone who has power...

January 13, 2012

When Jesus says: “I do choose”

A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, "If you...

January 11, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Seven Times a Day

"The words of the Psalm are: I have uttered your praises seven times during the...

January 09, 2012

For a day when…

You arrive at church 30 minutes late and take another 30 to lower your raised...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Your hope of fulfillment

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Snow piled

We wake up to snow piled on the outdoor table, still parked where it sat...

September 2011

September 06, 2011

80 degrees, cool breeze, breakfast tacos: a list

It's Thankful Tuesday! A List: Eighty degrees and a cool breeze! My baby sleeping on...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

“Forever — is composed of Nows”

We have a new poem, dear memorizing friends. I know you always think I've forgotten....

August 09, 2011

Thankful: heavy air, flaming sunset, a root easing down

Tonight while Chris was getting August ready for bed, I strapped Brooksie into the Ergo...

August 08, 2011

On Austin and Gifts

This is my first real blog entry since arriving in Austin. Three days and I...

July 2011

July 24, 2011

The Whole Heart

Last week I quoted St. Anthony and lamented that I was not only subpar in...

July 13, 2011

Be Attentive

The Monday morning after the movers left our apartment, I walked through its empty space,...

July 06, 2011

slow, idle, brave

This week, while I’m on vacation, I’ll be re-posting some thoughts from back in the...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Letter to 24-year-old Micha (For the Yoobs in my life…)

Dear younger self, I have some things to tell you, not because I’ve really learned...

June 09, 2011

Why there is not a new post today:

Because my husband has been in Austin for three days and he just got home...

June 06, 2011

Asking and Listening

In my last three weeks before we leave San Francisco, I’m leading my Bible study...

May 2011

May 20, 2011

A Bigger Story

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

May 18, 2011

The ache of place

The idea of PLACE sort of blows my mind sometimes. That’s probably a weirdly deep...

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...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Sisyphus and Motherhood and Coffee

Yesterday morning I woke to a quiet (and sort of creepy) almost three-year-old standing beside...