Every so often I get a cockamamie idea. Well, that’s what my husband would tell you anyway. They always seem like good ideas to me. And ever since God placed in my heart a desire to foster community, my unsuspecting […]
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Two months is too little They let him go They had no sudden healing To think that providence Would take a child from his mother While she prays, is appalling It was a Saturday. June 28, 2003. They day my […]
I never met anyone who loves his name more than my brother. When we were kids, that boy wrote his name on everything in our house. I mean, everything. He thought every object in the house should be his. And […]
When I was a kid I split my Sundays between the Catholic Church with Grandma and our local non-denominational church with my family. At St. Peters there was no worship band. We all just picked up our hymnals and sang […]
We are the kind of family that lets our grocery supply dwindle to crumbs before we hit the store. This can make meal time an exercise in both creativity and negotiation. “Hey kids! How about some PB & crystallized honey […]
Confession: In high school I had a few mishaps and run-ins with authority. I specifically recall the time I got busted for TP-ing by the local police. I wasn’t caught red handed but they had a hunch that it was me and […]
Last fall I heard about a new women’s conference being planned for February to be held in Texas. I jump at any opportunity to leave the Minnesota tundra during the doldrums of winter, so I’m game for ANYTHING in Texas […]