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March 2019

March 14, 2019

If Only You Would Start Apologizing

[Jesus excited to see you’re considering accepting literally anyone’s forgiveness.] Thursday Thoughts Ya’ll. It’s the...

March 13, 2019

Brick Making In Lent

This is an interesting piece—basically about how we should, as Christians, be doubling down on...

March 06, 2019

Wash Off The Ashes And You Are Still Made Of Dust

Turns out I need to revise my plans for Lent and give up, on day...

March 05, 2019

Why Should You Eat Pancakes

Some kind but unknowing person wondered aloud to me why we have to eat pancakes...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Is It Ok To Still Have Children?

I tried really really hard not to get sucked in, but there is something deeply...

February 17, 2019

Why Would You Want To?

In my ongoing quest to come to the end of the internet, this week I...

February 10, 2019

The Night and the Day are Both Alike

All week Matt kept up a steady stream of bizarre and crazy news articles flowing...

February 06, 2019

I’m With The Millennials

[Jesus excited to see how excited Christians are to talk about him.] This is a...

February 05, 2019

Memes For Tuesday

In the midst of all the real news of the weekend, I came across this...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

The Self-Control Unicorn

This was an entertaining, if rather old, article. Apparently, self-control is not just elusive, it...

January 11, 2019

Kon Mari and the Bee

The Bee has been reading my blog, apparently. Fifteen people tagged me with this gem,...

January 09, 2019

Sparkling Home Decorating Advice for 2019

[me surfing the internet] I have yet to take down my big fat Christmas tree....

December 2018

December 31, 2018

Book Notes: Reading For My Life In 2018

In lieu of a Podcast, which will doubtless be back next week, I thought I...

December 20, 2018

We Can Certainly Be Friends

I have, as I said last week, been doggedly pursuing the goal of actually reading...

December 18, 2018

Cute Is Not The Word You Were Looking For

I’ve been saving up this charmingly terrible goop gem for a few days. I thought...

December 13, 2018

Book Notes: Faith Is Not Blind

On Monday one of my children declared, “I like to spend most of my time...

December 11, 2018

A Life Tip To Make Your Skin Glow

This seems really important. You’ll be shocked to know that I’ve been thinking about food...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

7 Reasons To Write

Kelly has a great post up today. I commend it to you, along with this...

November 27, 2018

Google Is Easier Than Jesus

Well, I survived Cyber Monday. And Black Friday. And that day you take to do...

November 25, 2018

Washing Your Face Won’t Make You Live Forever

I happened by Psalm 24 the other day, not long after reading that long, interesting...

November 14, 2018

Actually, Not All Human Love is a Reflection of God’s Love

While everyone else was freaking out about Serena Williams and gaping at Prince Charles’ beautiful...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Try To Be A Help

A friend sent me this interesting piece over the weekend. It takes a whack at...

October 26, 2018

7 Takes To Having It All

Ah, the fake end of another long week. Why fake? Because there’s one more birthday...

October 24, 2018

I Can Solve This Problem With A New App

The WiFi is cutting out and I slept late. So I was wondering if it...

October 09, 2018

What Is Even The Point Of Art?

Yesterday, in one of those homeschooling fits that arise from gazing at one’s dubiously educated...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Just Breathe

It may be that I am ruining my life with Rachel Hollis videos on YouTube....

September 23, 2018

The Flourishing of the Christian

I have been unfortunate, lately, to be constantly running into the word “flourishing.” It is...

September 18, 2018

Reality Bites The Dust

It is utterly fascinating, in a troubling and terrible sort of way, to watch the...

September 11, 2018

The Word of the Day

[Jesus watching me spin out.] For some of you the word of the day is...

September 04, 2018

Meditation Upon the Building of a Brand

File this away under Extremely Depressing. It caught my eye because of the very relevant,...