Better Than A Hallelujah

Ah, what random questions parents must field on Communion Sunday when there is no Children's Worship. "What?  Jesus died?  Did Go...

I made You promises a thousand times, I tried to hear from Heaven, but I talked the whole time. I think I made You too small. I never feared...

My blog is the first of three home pages that greet me every time I open my web browser.  Every day I think, "You should post something...

Sunday, January 10, 2010.  Baptism Day. It was a special day on its own.  The day that we would present our newest daughter to God, acknow...

I should have written my Christmas letter this way. Somehow it says so much: Rebekah * wants to eat pie and drink Coke. * can dodge a wrench...

When I entered the title of this entry, it looked more like "pARenTing." That's been my reality lately. I'm writing with a...

Addie would not fall back asleep last night. She slept 6 hours after her bottle, so I did get to sleep until around 4:00 this morning. But t...

For the third year in a row, I have decided to undertake the Kent District Library's "Let It Snow!" winter reading program for...

I was preparing to write our annual Christmas letter when I came across last year's letter. I closed it with words my dad wrote for a T...

What the . . . huh?!

Far from here, though not as far as some may want to believe, a child sits alone. Crying. Longing for a mother, a father, anyone to pick him...

Today I started (and brought up to date) Addie's first year calendar. I'm late on it because my mom bought it for her "for Chr...

Ellie has been talking to herself lately. A lot. The really crazy part is that she is arguing with herself. It's interesting to eavesdro...

I have been thinking lately about being "simple" or "living simply." I'm not certain if the reason for this is that ...

Today I am thankful for second chances. And for family. And for friends and good movies and turkey and football. And for my mom's app...

Ellie announced that she wants me to get a Smooth Away . Victim of advertising or embarassed by her lazy mom?

It's official , and it's real. I like validation. Thanks to Criminal Minds , I actually have it. The validation. We're not sure ...

Beau had a meeting with his supervisor last week, and they did some goal setting and talking about Beau's future in Corporate America. N...

I've been thinking lately about the Church and what we're made of. Christ calls us His bride, which is a lovely analogy. I think t...

A number of years ago I made a weekly drive to Lansing, driving just over one hour to be somewhere for just over two hours only to drive jus...