“Extended Deadline.” These two words usually usher in a gentle breeze on which one can hear angels singing, “Gloria.” Instead, I’m a little frozen, a little scared that I could actually clean up the 1,865 word document that was supposed to be submitted two days ago. It wasn’t submitted because I thought I had until…
Call Him Up — learning to pray
I’m remembering years ago when email still felt young and social media only existed in MySpace and that one thing with a name I can’t recall that had thousands of people from Brazil. I wasn’t yet saying everything out loud to my 1,698 friends/kind-of-friends. No. Especially prayer requests. When I had prayer requests, I would…
Kids say some crazy stuff.
This morning, before our assortment of store-bought cereals, homemade granola, and soy milk graced the kitchen table for breakfast, and before our family of four prayed together to begin the day, my four-year-old was asking my two-year-old a problematic question. “How much children do you want to have?” she asked. There are two things wrong…
unexpected ripples (part 1?)
(Written back in February. Perhaps I’ll complete it one of these days.) I’ve committed to writing five days a week. I don’t publish most of it, not because I don’t think it’s good. Of course I think it’s good! I keep it to myself because I’ve learned that a large amount of privacy is valuable…
Joy
I took a quick trip into Facebook world yesterday. I know! What happened to my detox? It’s still happening. (And I learned that it’s very possible to get on and off Facebook very quickly. Ha!) I was exited to share something. So, I did. It’s on our church Facebook page. It’s about joy. Have you studied joy in…
In prayer…
My entire being is craving more time with God. I’m learning to surrender.
Detox
Don’t you hate it when one of your friends on Facebook posts, “I’m going to take a break from Facebook. See you all later!”? Perhaps “hate” is a strong word. Some people certainly find it very annoying and reply with “Just take a break. Don’t announce it!” because announcing it can sound a little self-righteous….