Exactly 10 years ago, Abby and I dropped our youngest off at kindergarten on the same day at the same school, in classrooms side by side. With a stomach full of all the feelings, we said goodbye, then drove straight to Bob’s Grill to cover up those feelings with the biggest plate of goodness you… Continue reading Fresh Prayer, Fresh Peace
[PART THREE: I’ve got one final post about Gary Thomas’s concept of “sacred history”. I couldn’t help but be captivated by the idea of our stories with those we love most becoming a holy history. Links to parts one and two at the bottom.] “Listening to God makes parenting sacred….True listening is an active discipline.… Continue reading A Sacred History: Listening to the Heart of a Teenager
The Toyota delivered 2 out of 3 of my babies down the gravel drive a couple weeks ago. Exhausted and laden with dirty laundry, appetites and stories, we gathered them gratefully in. After a few weeks of rest and a slow devolving into routines of the past, they are abruptly gone again. Bitter and sweet.… Continue reading The Bittersweet Story of Parenting
Hey Kids, 2014 is a big birthday year for each of you. 21, 18 and 13….You’ve taken quite a few steps since I took this photo. Trace summed it by saying…”Caitlin will now be able to buy liquor, I’ll be able to buy tobacco and Caroline can go in a sauna.” What?! Umm, yeah…that was… Continue reading The Year of Big Birthdays
Wrapped in dark on the dawn of Advent, with fog thick outside the window, I read a paragraph that stays with me long after the sun rises and work descends. I decide to unwrap it on this Tuesday because Emily invited us to share on this ordinary day when life happens. What happened this morning… Continue reading To Be a Priest
The Story Place 