Spiritual Growth

Eyes of Faith

The past few weeks have been rough. Nothing horrible has happened, but little toothpick crosses have been piling up, weighing me down. But I don’t want to dwell on the roughness of life. Go ahead and turn on the news for that. Instead, I want to focus on how God gently smooths out those roughRead the whole post >>

In God We Trust

Life has been throwing a lot of wrenches my way lately. Some of them have been big. Others have been small. The size doesn’t really matter. Nor do the details of how some of my plans and my ideas for what is good and right have been derailed. What matters is how I handle theseRead the whole post >>

Lenten Progress Report

My progress report? The good news first because I choose to be a half-full kind of person: I’ve taken baby steps in the right direction. Now for the not-so-good news (I won’t say bad): I’ve been falling on my bum a lot this Lent. One step forward, two steps back. Or something like that. Failure stinks, especiallyRead the whole post >>

At the Heart of it All

The girls (mostly Madeline, my five-year-old) came up with their very own Lenten plan, and it’s been going well. We’ve talked about how the goal of Lent is to become more like Jesus. Then I asked her how she thought she might be able to do that. She shared her ideas, and I wrote themRead the whole post >>

Paradise Found

I have a confession to make. I started Lent not in a wild wilderness wrought with twisted roots and temptations lurking in every shadow, but in paradise. Thanks to the generosity of Gaba and Papa, I spent four days at the beach with my husband, my children, my parents, and my brothers. Each day IRead the whole post >>