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Reminding You of Things Sacred
All around your every day life God has placed his sacred life. It touches you daily, simply, in many ways. If you have perhaps never known this, or if you have forgotten this, then you are at the right place. This space is about reminding you [and me] about all that is sacred.
When we understand that everything is created for a sacred purpose, we will live more simply, lead more gently and worship more fully.
When We Choose To Live With Civility, We Reflect Our Creator
With freedom comes choices, yet sometimes circumstances leaves us very little choice except how we will respond.
I don't belong on social media on Mother's Day
I do not belong on “the-best-and-perfect-mothers-in-the-world” social media posts on Mother's Day. My motherhood is filled with children peeing on furniture and having melt-downs in public.
Holy Week - the Disciplined and the Wild
Holy Week - does it bind us in useless tradition or can it set us wildly free?
When People Break in and Steal
When people spitefully use you, there is great gain available in the pain.
ARE WE ABLE TO CREATE A CULTURE OF HUMANITY?
In world events, we must take action but the culture we create while doing so is as important, if not more important, than the actual task at hand.
Out of the Flames
How do you keep fighting when all you hold dear is threatened? What forces are at your disposal when you are tired, and are hurting and can't fight anymore?
A Prayer For The Men In Our Lives
Here, I offer a prayer for the men in your life. May this prayer bring peace to your home and strength in our world.
When parenting choices go wrong
As parents, we make choices that sometimes have outcomes we do not anticipate. Parenting is a skill we learn on the job and the grace we need comes from unexpected places.
When to stay and when to leave
What is adversity for the sake of God's will and what is a place devoid of his blessing and filled with hardship because we took a road we should never has travelled?
Purpose amidst the chaos
Right slap in the middle of our beautiful places, evil lurks, waiting to trip us up. In the midst of the resulting chaos there is a place of peace and purpose.
Why you never want to be without a friend
Friendship is a holy inspired relationship without which we cannot truly function well. Here are some reasons why it is important for us to press through the difficulty of friendships in order to reap the rewards.
You chose to stay – an open letter to my husband
On this Father's Day, I write an open letter to my husband. When given a choice on the day of our first child's birth - his choice made all the difference.
This, every parent should do this summer
Every parent can give their child this one thing for summer. It is a vital part of both childhood and parenthood. It is a necessary part of life.
When does life have true meaning?
We all want to feel significant. We all want to find meaning in and for our life. At what point does this happen?
When the beginning of the year finds you in relationship battles
When you find yourself in relationship battles that threaten to your hopes and dreams and plans, there is one thing you can do to turn it around.