Posts by writingjoy
I’ve Had Some Bad Ideas Before, But This Is the First Time It Landed Someone in the ER
Saturday morning I watched paramedics roll my husband out of the room on a stretcher. And it was partly my fault. He’s been complaining about vacation weight gain lately, so that morning I casually suggested that we go together to a class at the gym. A class disarmingly named “Body Pump.” Not “Boot Camp” or…
Read MoreRequiring Unquestioning Obedience: Sin or Not?
“The requirement of unquestioning obedience by any human authority is a sin and defiles the very intent of God’s Word. The unquestioning obedience which Scripture requires is only to God, never to kings, rulers, employers, husbands, or parents. To render unquestioning obedience is a sin.” R.J. Rushdoony I won’t go so far as to say…
Read MoreA Love Letter to my Body
It has taken me thirty-six years to really appreciate you the way I should. I suppose that’s typical – taking something or someone for granted until things change and you realize how good things used to be. Not that things are bad now. I’ve just begun to grasp just how much you’ve done over the…
Read MoreSummer Vacation Is an Oxymoron for Stay-at-home Parents
It’s mid-July, half-way through summer vacation, and I’m ready to have a melt-down. I love my children, but I love them much better when I am not with them 24 hours a day. I love my husband, but I love him much better when I’m well-rested and tranquil. Summer vacations do not lend themselves to…
Read MorePets and Mercy-Killing ~ Life:Unmasked
She hadn’t been herself for at least a month. I’d been watching her for signs of suffering or new complications, anything that would give me a definitive signal that it was time. I got the sign on Saturday night – as she turned a corner I saw bright red staining the white fur under her…
Read MoreWhen Friends Leave Your Church ~ Finding Church
Amy wrote me a week ago to ask if I would be interested in a guest post about how to handle friends leaving your church. She has such wisdom and encouragement to offer that I jumped at the chance to feature her writing here today. Amy is a wife, mom, writer, photographer, and artist, but…
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