Since Christmas, I've been reading Ezekiel. Hard words for hard times. Ezekiel breaks my heart and troubles my spirit and calls me ...

Ever got "taken to the woodshed"? My parents used that expression when I needed an attitude adjustment-- also known as a good...

When I was a little girl, the children used to sing a song that went like this:    "We have so much, so much, so much, (hands spread...

(Two posts in a month!  We should probably celebrate.)  One night, I manage to slip away from the papers and tests long enough to g...

Long time, no blog. The pace of life accelerated out of control around here in July, with gardens and graduates taking the bulk of th...

Yesterday I attended Day 1 of a two-day college orientation for DD#1. (Dad is taking his turn today.  Bahaha!!) Somewhere in between th...

It's summer break here at the 'House. That means watermelon season is upon us. I would've taken a picture, but I ate it all be...

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess (who has never quite known she was beautiful), who, for lots of reasons, struggled to gi...

It would be grossly unfair for me to call this last few weeks a hard eucharisteo. So, forgive me; I teach middle school and I have teenag...

Lately I've been studying the gospel of John. He has a lot to say about the signs Jesus gave that He is Who He said He is. Miracles...

Though my sins... (and they are many, and I am powerless to stop them on my own, powerless in my "I'm sorry" to stop ...

Ice mixes with snow out my window, but I am sitting here thankful for the power is still on!  Yesterday we beavered away around the house; ...

The words ring out confidently. We have seen His glory! The glory of the One and Only Son sent from the Father full of grace and tr...

One of the things I love about photography is that it taught me to see . Angles, light, shadow--pictures form in my head even when my ca...

It was light that compelled me. One glance at the thermometer warned me that there was no warmth in it, but I waited as long as I could i...

In studying 1 Thessalonians, I get hung up over in chapter 5:16-18 on three of the simplest verses in the whole book. Rejoice always, p...

Since the day after Christmas, I've been in 1 Thessalonians. A manuel for ministry, if there ever was one. This morning, 1 Thessalo...

Happy New Year's Eve! How was your Christmas? We had a lovely week here, and I'm blown away at how fast Christmas break is flyi...

I had some posts all planned...deep thoughts on grace given through the holidays, the love-hate relationship some of us have with December,...

In his book  Stories of Christmas Carols, Ernest Emurian writes of the obscure origins of the word "noel".  There is apparently m...