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Encouragement for every season of lifeLosing It and Loving Anyway
Today started out awesome. I had my quiet time, prayed, worshiped, and got out of my pj’s! (This should be just the right formula for a day full of beauty, right?) I arrived home from work in enough time to prepare a snack for the kids after school. Their little faces...
A New Song
Do you ever feel like all the worship songs you hear are just too hard to sing? Their words echo truth, but the experiences of your heart lately seem to say otherwise. It can feel fake and insincere to sing words you don’t mean, with barely a trace of joy in your...
This Wild and Precious Life
For Christmas this year, I asked Tim for a print for our home. It features a quote from Mary Oliver that I saw Shauna Niequist’s mention on social media one day. I love her books and her taste, generally, and this was no different. In beautiful shades of blue,...
How Can I Increase My Faith?
“Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20 “And he said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace,...
Coat of Comfort
We are heading into the deep winter of the upper Midwest. If you have ever traveled to or lived in the North Woods, you know that winter is quite beautiful, but crisp and sometimes cruel. As I put on my winter gear to face the outdoors, the sound of the zipper brings...
Generational Friends
Seven months ago, my husband and I packed all our belongings into the back of a Penske truck and moved south to follow a calling God had given us. We left behind all our friends, family (well, we did take our two boys!), and everything we knew as we started on this...
The Laundry Dilemma
As a busy momma, I have found I have peaceful solitude twice a day. The first is early morning devotions, and the second is when the day is done. The house is quiet and I check in on what happened in the world. For the latter, sometimes I sneak in a conversation with...
When Love is Spelled P-U-P-P-Y
“We are NEVER getting a dog.” These words had been spoken countless times by my husband and I over the past ten years. Although we’ve always liked our friends' dogs, we’ve never considered ourselves animal people, and with providing foster care to countless children...
Life Can be Hard and Good
I dismissed the crying when I first heard it. I had just finished laying Ashlyn down for the night, and figured I'd give our 9-month-old a moment to calm down before intervening. But after a minute, I realized that it wasn't her after all. Leaving the office, I...
The Grace Flu
As I write this, I have to confess that I’ve come down with the flu. It’s inevitable though, right? Getting sick from time to time seems to be a part of life. Among all of the tissues and tea and cough drops, I’ve realized that I simply cannot handle everything that...
