It’s probably a big parenting no-no these days (pretty sure I did all the current no-no’s), but way back in the 90’s I used to give my kiddos M&M’s as a potty training incentive. Actually, we started out with stickers. Sit on the potty, get a sticker. It was all very exciting. We kept a… Read More Potty Training, Prayer Training
We sang the song regularly at our weekly Cru gatherings. The University of Texas circa 1990. (We called it Campus Crusade for Christ back then.) Sometimes there were two or three hundred of us singing this… The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every… Read More New Year, New Mercies (and a tiny follow-up)
“Oh my soul, march on with strength.” (Judges 5:21) That’s what Deborah said. It was her victory march, her conquering song. She led a march against oppression – the oppression of God’s people. She marched alongside a reluctant man. She gave praise to God. She attributed the victory to Him “Hear, O Kings! Give ear,… Read More March On, Sister
Macy’s on 34th John Piper’s Advent reading plan on the Bible App has been giving me a lot to think about and be challenged by lately. Here’s part of what day 22 said: “You can read every fairy tale that was ever written, every mystery thriller, every ghost story, and you will never find anything… Read More A Trip, A Tea Party, & 3 Winners!
Tea Party Prep! Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays always start the same way for the 40-somethings at my house. Up early. Workout clothes on. Bible reading with a side of hot tea. Out the door for a run – on the nearby rail trail or at the nearby Planet Fitness depending on weather conditions. (On Mondays… Read More He Calms the Seas AND the Season ( Plus…A Giveaway!)
Last Thursday I drove halfway across the state (which only takes an hour here in Massachusetts) to meet my friend Betsy for coffee at Panera. Betsy moved to the Boston area this past summer and left me without one of my dearest friends in town and my every-Thursday-morning-running-partner. After coffee with Betsy, my friend Christina… Read More Thankful: Plants, Pillars, And No Outcries
I’m a bad pastor’s wife/church member and always neglect to make myself a name tag, but if I had made a name tag and written something I was thankful for on it, “Sundays” would have been high on my list of choices. Right now I am thankful for so many things, so maybe I’ll write… Read More I Love Sundays II
A half hour to read and review after Robert and Kayla leave… The cutest, smartest Sunday morning co-pilots you’ve ever seen… View to my right… …and to my left. Proverbs 31:1-9 today…on what makes a man. Self Control. Sober Judgment. Sacrifice. Back home and a helper… …coffee brewing…three pots. Real dishes and silverware…I love real… Read More I Love Sundays
Last weekend Kayla, her friend Mary, and I got to go to YEC ~ the Youth Encountering Christ conference. It’s our denomination’s winter teen conference and this was the 35th anniversary. I’ve dropped kids off there before and picked them up again, but I’ve never stayed for the whole weekend. This time I stayed, and… Read More Only 3.2 Chapters A Day
Yesterday I made my third airport run (in a car, not on foot) in six days. We said goodbye to family over the weekend, dropping them at airports in New York City and Boston. Then we had to say goodbye to Robert who headed to Texas and Oklahoma out of Hartford yesterday for two weeks… Read More Running in the New Year (With the Forerunner)