Ya’ll it has been crazy-town around here lately. I have a backlog of 20 half-finished blog posts that I will attempt to finish as things settle down at work and home. As our schedules have been full, I am thankful for the few small things our family has implemented this year to improve our organization. A few months a…
Category: Faith
An Inconvenient Mercy
This year has been named the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. A year where as a collective church we mediate on the greatness of God’s mercy and how it should move us to show mercy for others. As I ponder mercy, memories rush to my mind. Waking up each morning with the gift of new mercies from…
Live Your Song: A Lenten meditation from Jon Foreman’s TED Talk
This week Jon Foreman delivered a TedX Talk at the University of Nevada named Live Your Song. He presented a simple and elegant idea about living your life’s song (or purpose). The TED talk-ing intermixed seamlessly within a set of 3 acoustic songs. As Jon bounced between his spoken and lyrical words, the talk did not have the typical drama and…
A Lenten Plan: Something to give, sacrifice, study, and build up relationships
Lent begins Wednesday, sneaking up on us! Each year I appreciate the rhythm of the liturgical year even more. Somehow when lent rolls around each winter, I find I am in need of this season to challenge me and push me closer toward Christ. As I go into Ash Wednesday, I am committed to chipping…
7 Examples my mom set for me and you
Happy birthday mommy. We are so blessed to have the gift of you in our lives. Thank you for the example you have set for us in so many ways. My hope is that this list will help you and I to reflect on the amazing examples of motherhood in our lives as well as learn…
St Blaise: Making New Friends in Heaven
This post is part of a series of posts on the life of saints. Basically, saints are holy men and women whose lives demonstrate the glory of God and are now in heaven in his presence.Check out an earlier post if you are interested in more information about what a saint is. Today’s post is…