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

If you are a homeschooler, you might enjoy taking a look at the brand new Summer 2011 digital edition of . . .            ~ The Old School...

Sometimes I am extra thankful for a dose of laughter. We've had two days of rain here, maybe more, it's hard to remember. I though...

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...

Hello Family, Friends, and die-hard Shull Family Fans everywhere . . . it's time for another episode of  Journal Snapshots !  An insider...

Dandelion love,      brought to me in chubby fists          with glowing smiles today. A barefoot prince brings       violet t...

So eager in these days for warmth and life, we sit outside in hazy sun with bare limbed trees still reaching to the sky and call it Sprin...

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...