Motherhood
Chauvinism Is Alive and Well, and Not Just In Bolivia
I have tried not to let the treatment of women get to me. I’ve fought injustice on the one hand while teaching female-wallflower-living on the other. I’ve worked to increase the opportunities available to women and then turned around and told them (and myself) that the church doesn’t offer those opportunities. I can’t do it…
Read MoreAll-power or weak love
I’ve always wrestled more with trusting God and resting in his love than I have with grasping his sovereign power. But you can’t trust raw power any more than you can depend on weak love.
Read MoreSolid Ground
This is part two – have you read part one yet? It’s ok — go ahead. I’ll wait. We have four children. Our oldest child, Elli, was born with a severely deformed heart, which stopped beating when she was 4 days old. She defied the odds and survived that day, as well as four open-heart…
Read MoreIn Name Only
I grew up in a Christian home with two parents who loved God and love each other. I asked Jesus into my heart when I was 3 and asked to be baptized when I was 5 or 6. I attended Christian schools for a few years, then was home-schooled through high-school, back before it was…
Read MoreReview of “Parenting from the Overflow”
As we count down the last few days of school, and the schedule begins to gape wide open calendar squares of nothing, my attitude begins to nose-dive. Chaos and whiny kids do not a happy mom make. Sure, I miss my kids when they’re at school, but I need quiet time as much as I…
Read MoreHe Can Make Change
photo © 2011 epSos .de | more info (via: Wylio)In retrospect, it’s shocking we didn’t see this particular x-ray until our fourth child. On Wednesday, the day my sinuses were most full of cold virus, I huddled under a blanket in the family room. Little Boy bounced and twisted, rolled and flopped on the couch…
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