One day, several months after our ninth baby Zac was born, I managed to get my four oldest kids close to tears after starting what seemed to...

Recently, I was thinking about the meaning of communion and the symbolism of His body broken for me, and His blood poured out for me, and un...

Proverbs 31...   the one about the excellent wife who is up before dawn, still burning lamp oil while prospering the house at night, and doi...

You make known to me the path of life;      in your presence there is fullness of         joy;      at your right hand are plea...

The grass withers, the flower fades,     but the Word of our God will stand forever.               ~Isaiah 40:8~ Isaiah 40:8 has been ...

'Tis the the season for me to try to figure out what plan to use for Bible reading in 2012. Earlier this year I wrote about discoveri...

(Continued from Part 1 ) The Barn Removal Project. Or as we've come to call it, the Barn Razing (as in completely destroy and remove...

At the beginning of May this year, we were looking forward to the Summer, just amazed at how wide open the days looked.  We had two greatly ...

Rev. John Ames, in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead : "I mean only respect when I say that your mother has always st...

Windows all open, listening to that peaceful rain. That smell, that sound, that cool breeze...  These times of refreshing, ...

Ten years ago, I didn't know that grass could grow to wave above my head. Five years ago, I hadn't noticed that the grass that gro...

I am not a natural morning person, but this Easter morning I was awake in the darkness quietly nursing the baby while half-dozing, half-pray...

Recently, I was thinking about the meaning of communion and the symbolism of His body broken for me, and His blood poured out for me, and un...