Considering Christmas
Early this week our family made the annual trek to secure our Christmas tree. The tree selection is actually not a critical piece of our Christmas celebration. Sometimes we pick it out in October, tag it, and send daddy […]
Early this week our family made the annual trek to secure our Christmas tree. The tree selection is actually not a critical piece of our Christmas celebration. Sometimes we pick it out in October, tag it, and send daddy […]
This week I dropped my kids off at church for middle school small group – just like I do every other Wednesday night. The youth piled into cars and headed off to two different homes of refugee families to hang […]
Thanks to the over-eager accolades of my friend, Kelsey, I can’t get the thought of a soy latte from Starbucks off my mind. I’ve never had one, but last week she assured me they are the only way to […]
It was stifling hot. Our team shuffled along a dusty Haitian road as we toured the neighborhood surrounding the school supported by Kozefo. The homes were a mix of makeshift dwellings, corrugated tin roofs, bare concrete walls, and mud […]
My son has developed an unhealthy obsession. Every time we open a package in the kitchen the little imp sneaks up and snatches the box. Sometimes out of the trash. He then scampers away, giggling, to combine it with […]
Last year I had this brilliant idea to spiff up our barn and invite our church family over for a … well … we couldn’t decide. Should we do a chili cook-off? Maybe a hymn sing? Or perhaps a barn […]
One of the best things about living out in the country is the view. Just behind my house lies a sea of rolling hills dotted with little patches of woods. Cattle low in the distance and all manner of wildlife […]
Practicing medicine is fairly straightforward. Taking medical boards, not so much. The general consensus is that medical boards are sadistic tests of minutia. You might know how to treat an ear infection, but question will ask how to treat an […]
I sat on the raft shivering, my arms wrapped tight around my legs. I was a scrawny little ten-year-old, and the icy water of early June had left me breathless. But the swim had been worth it. I was in […]
I don’t consider myself a vain person. But in a few days I am heading to a conference for women’s ministry leaders and all I can think about is my shabby appearance. My pedicure is shot, I have a good […]