Every Thursday I have the privilege of hosting several young mothers as they come to eat breakfast and study the Bible together. Their children play in our basement, supervised by adults who are commissioned only to keep them from hurting themselves or others. Generally, they play together well. As I look over their options for … [Read more…]
Click on the title to see the text and pictures better. You can also comment from there. Again this weekend, I was reminded of why young and not old people have babies and raise children. Steve and I kept Landry, 2, and Finn, almost 7, from Thursday until Monday night, and it was an adventure. … [Read more…]
News coverage in the last week has gone from inspiring to devastating. All we can do for Orlando is pray and offer peace and love to those around us. Chick Fil A gave us a great example by firing up the grills on SUNDAY and giving free food to those giving blood and to police … [Read more…]
Saturday was “Fun with the Grandchildren Day!” (I would have said “Grandkids,” but my mother always told me kids were goats.) Their parents and grandfather went to a Christian leadership conference in Indianapolis, two hours away, and I volunteered to keep them since childcare was not offered. We had a great time! I admit that … [Read more…]
Paul’s comment in Romans 7:15 is often my lament: “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Or in a folksier version, there’s Randy Travis’s: “I hear tell the road to hell is paved with good intentions….” Food. Speaking kindly. … [Read more…]
One morning recently, I had three men waiting for me to make a move. Sounds like high school, doesn’t it? Or at least my high school days, when you could date more than one person at a time. I still can’t get used to the exclusivity that accompanies dating today. “Oh, I couldn’t go out … [Read more…]
