Today is the last post of this series and I have so enjoyed sharing this Lenten journey with you all. As you know this is a crazy wonderful busy week for me, so I am punting a bit on today's post by sending you to another post I wrote specficially on this week. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Happy Holy Week to you ... View Post
A Family Lent – Week 5: Serve
Hi friends! Well its Spring Break which means that things are topsy-turvy (but in a good way) around here! This weeks theme is Serve and I will just be honest - between continuing to work on our kitchen project, writing deadlines, and getting the kids ready for their Spring Break trip to the grandparents I did not come up with anything new for this week. Instead I thought I would share with ... View Post
A Family Lent – Week 3: Thanks
Today begins Week 3 of our A Family Lent series, and this weeks theme is "Thanks." Focusing on giving thanks may seem an odd choice for Lent when all is bareness and sacrifice, but I think it is an important mid-way stop in our Lenten Journey. Thinking about giving thanks can help us refocus on why we observe Lent in the first place (because let's face it - by now we are getting a little ... View Post
A Family Lent -Week 2: Pray
“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.” -Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking: True Stories I think if I had to pick a quote to express how I think about myself, this might just be the one. I am a broken, frayed-edge, mistake-making human, who mostly means wells. Mostly. The same could be said for my prayer life. It is a bit of a mess, full of holes and ... View Post
Burying the Alleluia’s – Starting Lent
This past Sunday was a cold one, the threat of a winter storm looming overhead, everyone hunkering down with their milk and bread and preparing for the ice and snow that was coming. Attendance was low in our Family Formation (aka Sunday School) classes but we forged ahead all the same. We had important work to do. It was time to bury the Alleluias. Saying Alleluia is an important and joyous ... View Post
Friday Favorites – Weekly Round-Up of the Interwebs {2/6/15}
It's that time again - a little gathering of what is making me happy on the interwebs this week: On Fluff I love Sara Torbet's cozy home and her little mini house tour made me so happy this week. It just seems like the kind of home where you could curl up with a cup of coffee and spill all your secrets and know that they would never be betrayed. There is something very Anne of Green ... View Post
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