Now the Son of Man will be glorified as God is glorified in Him. If God’s glory is in Him, His glory is also in God. The moment of this astounding glory is imminent. My children, My time here is brief. You will be searching for Me; and as I told the Jews, “You cannot go where I am going.” So I give you a new command: Love each other deeply and fully. Remember ... View Post
A Family Lent: Holy Week
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 4: Give
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens This is Week 4 in our journey through the season of Lent, and this week we are focusing on what it means to "Give." Giving tends to be a theme during Advent and Christmas, but we don't always associate it with Lent, when we find ourselves thinking more about what we should give up and less about what we ... 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
