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April 2015

April 13, 2015

Duty and Failure

Have to leap up in a minute and spiritually and mentally prepare myself for a...

April 03, 2015

Good Friday

A blessed and hopeful Good Friday to you all. I've got a thousand things to...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Unworthy Servants

Ah, the gentle sound of children screaming at each other over breakfast. Every day I...

March 19, 2015

We Might be Sorely Hindered by our Bodies

So last week I ran across this very popular post on what looks to be...

March 09, 2015

My Talk last Friday on Obedience

Good Evening! Thank you so so much for having me here, this evening, to speak....

March 03, 2015

The Sinless Soul

I did it. I cleaned the school room. It was the last room remaining from...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Part Two: Will it be ok?

Let me begin by saying that it's completely ridiculous for me to presume to write...

February 19, 2015

Prayer, it basically works

Well, I did it again. I did all the laundry. To have this happen twice...

February 18, 2015

A Holy Lent

Don't worry, I haven't given up blogging for Lent. I'm just in a fog of...

February 10, 2015

Tuesday Morning Haze

Meant to blog both yesterday and Saturday (so much for Learning Notes, sob) but got...

February 05, 2015

Shifts and Changes: part three, rest

When Matt and I got married we settled into the early marriage meme that he...

February 04, 2015

Shifts and Changes: part two, sticks

I was messing around on facebook last week, or maybe it was the week before,...

February 03, 2015

Shifts and Changes: part one, the schedule

I'm always trying to arrive at the Perfect Schedule, just like I am in a...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

7 Successful Quick Takes

Occasionally life ticks along In a regular way without crisis or incident and you find...

January 19, 2015

The State of the Church

Yesterday was the annual meeting. "It's because it happens once a year," I blathered apologetically...

January 08, 2015

Lists

My life is fairly governed by lists. If I don't write something down on a...

January 01, 2015

Happy New Year

The children stayed up to ring in the new year while Matt and I went...

December 2014

December 26, 2014

Merry Christmas!

I'm sitting in a patch of sun and feeling relieved and smug. Gosh I miss...

December 22, 2014

Let the Children Come

It's so hard to bring children to church. Gosh, it's hard to go on your...

December 21, 2014

Fading Sunday Evening

I'm going to have to leap out of bed early to haul my little dog...

December 09, 2014

Keeping Christmas

I happened to read a very interesting article floating around facebook last week about the...

December 08, 2014

Monday Morning Haze

The tepid anemic sun is trying to beat it's way past a thick layer of...

December 03, 2014

Wordy Wednesday–Making Home

I haven't really been paying attention, because, well, I can't remember why, but there's been...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Blathering About Sin

Matt cleaned the fridge, made real eggnog and venison chili yesterday. I made stock and...

November 10, 2014

Just Plain Spiritual

As I have mentioned before, endlessly and boringly, I'm reading through the bible again. Well,...

November 03, 2014

Incarnation

Finally back into my old blogging app. Gosh. What a time I've had. Struggling along,...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

In Which I Grow Up A Little Bit

I wrote a nice long blog post with pictures yesterday, about Matt's birthday, and the...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Clutter

Those of you have visited me lately might have noticed my dining room table sitting...

September 22, 2014

Monday Morning Haze

Sheets of rain are spreading themselves over the hill in front of me, obscuring the...

September 18, 2014

The Autumn Whine

I'm about to start the Great Fall Clothes Change Over of 2014, like maybe tomorrow...