Weekend Reflection: New

  17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 18 “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness. Isaiah 65:17-18 (NASB) It’s the weekend. Around here we remove our shoes and tour the stillness.  Start […]


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Tears, Toilets, and Teachable Moments

Cadence and His Cherished Toy. Oh, and Cake. And Why I am Buying My Husband a Cape. We’d had a lovely dinner, the Southern California branch of the family herd rounded up and gathered at the endless trough of hospitality that is my-dad-and-his-bride’s-home. My sister was there with her younger boy, and Rich and I had brought […]


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Weekend Reflection: Light

Birthday Light. Carly and Ayden. July, 2012. 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. James 1:17-18 […]


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The Physics of Mothering: Ash Wednesday

Trust. Rob and Cadence. July, 2011.   It Goes Around. It Comes Around. Kind of Like an Orbit.  “Mama, why do my legs look funny when I’m standing in the water?” my daughter, Elaine, asked me one hot afternoon when she was three years old. We were refreshing ourselves in the shallow end of the swimming […]


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Weekend Reflection: Present

Ready for a Rainy Day.  In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 (NIV) It’s the weekend. Around here we remove our shoes and tour the stillness.  Start with Sandra Heska King’s Still Saturday. While you’re there, take a look around at Sandy’s gorgeous new digs, by the way. Then head […]


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