• Just for Fun

    When Cleaning is Frightening

    Mommy Mondays Cleaning can be a very frightening task. Trust me, I know. While calmly wiping down the bathtub last week, I pushed away the shower curtain to find something brown staring at me. Not even sure of what it was, I screamed, dropping my cleaning supplies and jumping back.…

  • Uncategorized

    New Look, New Themes!

    Hi! My blog has a new look, and with the cosmetic change comes an attempt at theme-days for my posts. I guess you could say I’m going to attempt to organize my random thought processes into nice and neat categories. Here’s how it will work: Mommy Mondays: The subject matter…

  • Uncategorized

    20 Seconds

    Thirsty? Last weekend, I was at a conference where one of the speakers (Warren Barfield) described a scene where 600 families all fought for one small stream of water. They’d walk two hours through hot, dusty sand, literally fight to fill up their buckets, and then lug that life-giving liquid…

  • Christian Life

    Paul Tripp’s Tweets

    I recently cleaned up my Twitter feed. I’m no longer following over 1000 people. I now follow only 118. This was a huge accomplishment, and now my feed is filled with inspirational quotes, with an occasional sports reference thrown in now and then that I ignore. I had to share…

  • Christian Life - Parenting

    The Building Blocks of Easter

    My good friend Michelle shared an idea her kids had to model the Easter story with Legos. You can see this, as well as other great suggestions for Easter, at her website, Joyful Heart. My kids were inspired, and after reading through the gospel narratives, here are our five scenes:…

  • Christian Life - Journal - Writing

    A Contract of Friendship

    I’ve been musing over I Corinthians 13. What would life look like if as believers, we signed “Friendship Contracts” before entering into a relationship? Perhaps the contract would look something like this. And what would the church look like if we actually tried, by God’s grace, to follow it? A…

  • The Bible

    Ephesians

    I love lists and charts. I’ve been known to add things to my to-do list just so I could check them off. I know I’m not alone, and if you’re like me, than a study in Ephesians is right up your alley! However, I’ve already made lists on here of…