This week more than any other week during the year, I don’t want to slow down. I want to skip ahead to Sunday morning, to hope and resurrection, especially this year in the midst of all the pain and suffering in the world. And yet we can’t get to Sunday without walking through Thursday and …
Yesterday marked the first day of Spring. It was a chilly one here in South Carolina and necessitated digging through the coat closet to find the winter coats we had put away thinking the cold mornings had passed. This isn’t unusual for where we live. There is often a taste of Spring that tempts and …
Our kids love going on nature walks. They want to find creatures and treasures. It’s always interesting and fun to see what they find that qualifies. Often our Saturday trip to the park ends with what we call “turtle time,” or the search for turtles in the pond that is adjacent to the playground. For …
Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust Soften our hearts Renew our trust That you breathed Into the dust And call us to adjust To our belovedness.
I remember reading about Brother Lawrence in seminary. His claims to find sacredness in washing dishes seemed a bit too spiritual for me if I’m being honest. Where is God in the mess of washing too much ketchup from plates and figuring out what kind of scrubber will actually remove the old oatmeal from a …
Yesterday, it was time. I had put it off long enough. I had to clean the four-year-old’s car seat. Cleaning car seats is probably my least favorite parenthood task and it’s because it’s not just one task. It’s a multi-layered, long series of tasks. First, you have to uninstall the car seat. Next, you have …
As part of the children’s church, our four-year-old brought home a cup of soil where they had planted a seed. The lesson had been about planting seeds of love and kindness and how important that was in bringing about new life and hope in people’s lives. The idea was that we could be the sunlight …
Last week, I decided to take some time to bake cookies. Baking is something that calms me and brings me back to waiting and watching for something new to be created; a practice that doesn’t come naturally to me. I have been baking my family’s chocolate chip cookies for years and can make that recipe …
We enter into the center of Lent, recognizing we aren’t to the end yet. We stay in the darkness of Lent, even though it’s uncomfortable. We trust you are here with us, and that you will be revealed to us again.
One of the question I get asked a lot from our six-year-old and three-year-old is, “Is this right? They are both at ages and stages where they are learning so much so quickly. They are acquiring new skills, gaining new experiences almost faster than I can keep up and they want to know that the …
