Better Than A Hallelujah

Looking back, this month has gone quite quickly.  I want to take a few minutes to review month one, make any adjustments that I need to, and...

The last couple of days I've really noticed a battle in my mind.  There's been the "that will taste good, you should eat it...

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see 'Twa...

Like most Christian Reformed girls of a certain age, I grew up attending Calvinettes.  Today it is called GEMS, and it's really like a C...

Every day in my readings I read at least one Psalm, sometimes two.  Today it struck me that the Psalms (blogs, really) remind me a lot of th...

This morning at the gym I wore my Team Mitchell t-shirt from last summer's Miles for Hope.  I ran walked for Mitchell, the son of high ...

Several random thoughts on my mind today, so I thought I'd share them all.  Because I'm crazy like that. *EDIT: part way through m...

Bossypants Tina Fey Hooray, Tina Fey! She seems to write everything she thinks, which is also how I write. Except then I delete most of i...

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselv...

A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness Let me start by saying that I can't recall what I knew about this book going in, but I know t...

I discovered another blog yesterday, via a Huffington Post article that a mom I know posted.  " Don't Carpe Diem " it said.  D...

I love the book of Job .  It ends with the most beautiful images of creation.  It includes sassy responses from God.  It shows a strong man ...

While I won't do this every week (never fear; I'll be certain to bore you in other ways!), I think it's helpful for me to look b...

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died My richest gain I count but loss And pour contempt on all my pride F...

It's 5:30 a.m., and I'm awake and watching the news.  I may put it on mute, because I find their reports a bit alarmist.  Still, I k...

So it's been one week since we started 2012.  That's an appropriate time for an assessment of how I'm doing meeting my goals so ...

Years and years ago, I came across a book written by Steven Curtis Chapman and his pastor, Scotty Smith.  It is called Speechless , and I hi...

Arise, my soul, arise; shake off your guilty fears The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears Before the throne my surety stands Before ...

Recently, my sister (I think) commented on a blog entry I wrote in October 2010.  She said that one of the lines from a song I quoted is on...

When you read about lifestyle changes, you generally read that you should start small.  How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time.  So...