Better Than A Hallelujah

We used to be a bit more innocent.  A bit more naive.  A bit more trusting.  And we used to own a different laptop and have a shady back doo...

In my ongoing effort to cultivate a healthy  (ie. generous but realistic) self-esteem in my three daughters, I regularly talk to them about ...

Dear Daughter, Last night I crawled in bed with you.  Well, I suppose it was actually this morning, as it was about 12:30 on your clock.  ...

The other night our two youngest girls asked if they could watch a "show" instead of read a story for bedtime.  It was sort of a h...

My blog takes its title from a song by Sarah Hart (Amy Grant also covered it).  I find the song beautiful, and it truly captures my heart--s...

The Festival of Faith & Writing is over.  I learned a lot, heard a number of good speakers, settled on a new acceptance of who I am . . ...

I was asked an interesting question today. It was the first day of Calvin College's Festival of Faith & Writing, my first official w...

The Next Chapter by Bryn Jones Bryn Jones started following me on Twitter, so I started following him back and checking out some of the b...

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin In Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Franklin writes with what can only be the authenticity ...

On my way home from picking my daughter up from school this afternoon, I felt compelled to sit down when I got home and put some thoughts on...

This is me.  Baring my soul.  It's easier to do when I'm sitting at Starbucks and you're wherever you are, and I don't need ...

The Lifeboat Charlotte Rogan The premise of The Lifeboat reminds me of one of those moral dilemmas that often come out when people are a...

A while back, I read a series of books called The Chaos Walking .   It wasn't a series that I loved, but I did find some good "nu...

No doubt about it!  God is good-- good to good people, good to the good-hearted. But I nearly missed it, missed seeing his goodnesss. I was...

It was Mission India Sunday at church, and then my Sunday School class and I discussed missions.  Those teenagers are pretty smart, and they...

Ah, the lazy, hazy days of summer.  A little too hazy and humid this year for my taste, but still, they were lazy days.  And, if I'm hon...

The Chaos Walking Series: The Knife of Never Letting Go The Ask & The Answer Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness I've chosen to re...

In honor of today, August 26, 2012, the day of our dear friend's ordination, a song we sang during his service.  It was a privilege and ...

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) Mindy Kaling Our book club has been struggling this summer, both with our readin...

There's a wall that has been standing Since the day that Adam fell Sin is where it started And Sin is why it held Speaking as a prisoner...