I had so many plans for the holidays. I was going to create special traditions and happy little moments and somehow the season was going to sparkle. But instead of decorating a Christmas tree on the day after Thanksgiving like I wanted, I was facing off with my new son. We were sitting there, right at…
Over the past few weeks we’ve been learning a lot through story telling. The whiteboard that was once used mostly for spelling words, has become the official storyboard. We are using it to address fears, struggles, and to remind us all of God’s faithfulness. Once upon a time there were two little pickles. They lived with…
It was a Saturday morning when we found out our baby wouldn’t live. I was at Gary’s drinking a cup of bitter coffee when the phone call came. I walked outside, wandering down the street and out beside the movie theater, where a few trees and scattered patches of grass grew despite the shade of the…
The Israelites left Egypt, all its four-hundred-years of slavery and hardship and brokenness. They followed God. They really, really did. He was leading them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. And God led them right to the edge of a sea, and in the distance they saw the army…
I still smile every time I see them. Of all the things my daughter owns, I can’t get enough of those peach knit mittens. The year before she came we traveled to Kodiak, Alaska to visit a friend. It was the year of the lost-daughter and I was still struggling to relearn how to breath after…
They promised him a ticket to the United States of America. The land of opportunity. The whole family took part. Everyone worked extra hard and pooled their money. They turned it over to the travel agency, who gave them one ticket. The plan was for him to go and then, in the land where money flows…
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