I’ve been counting gifts this year (I typically share these on Mondays, but this week I had no post in me the first day after Holy Week), seeking the little ways God shows himself good in the every day. Today, Bonnie (who blogs at The Faith Barista) asked us to share a photo journal of…

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photo © 2007 Renee | more info (via: Wylio)   We’ve tried to be very forthright with our kids about everything from chronic illness to fertility to death. We have always intended to extend that policy to sex, as well. However, I still feel like I was just caught with my pants down. My 8-year-old…

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I’ve decided to add book reviews as a regular feature here at Joy in This Journey. That said, I’m a novice. I have only written a handful of them, here (on grief), here (first review of fiction), here (on talking about pain in Christianity), and here (on prayer), so I don’t really know how to…

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photo © 2008 Antonis Lamnatos | more info (via: Wylio)   It was the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The unthinkable had happened   They had to be numb.   Maybe thinking, “We thought we knew what Messiah would do: establish a new kingdom on earth, free Israel from oppression, fulfill all the…

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photo © 2007 freeparking | more info (via: Wylio)   Bedtime is chat-mommy-up time. Now that my kids are getting older, the issues they bring up as I’m tucking them into bed have moved beyond the latest toy they must have and whether I’m going to work the next day. My daughter tells me about…

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(Today I am sharing a post edited from my archives expressing what Easter means to me this year. May God bless you this highest of holy days.) photo © 2010 jaci Lopes dos Santos | more info (via: Wylio)   Jesus told the crowds who followed him that if they would be his disciples, they…

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