Better Than A Hallelujah

I sang on the worship team at my church yesterday morning for our Christmas service. It's such a fun service to be part of, but yesterda...

So we have some friends whose marriage appears to be over.  We have prayed with them and prayed for them.  We have counseled them.  We have ...

A friend who has known me since college recently expressed surprise at learning some of my “social” (political) leanings. It was over Facebo...

Two conversations recently overheard: Ellie: Meg, I'm going to teach you how to be a safe driver, because I want all my kids to be saf...

* Pinky-orange leaves on the big maple tree on the way back from the cottage * Orange leaves caught on the wind * Two weeks of football ...

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...