Sometimes, if my camera is not nearby, I take a mental snapshot in the hope I might remember. Through the Point d’Esprit lace of my bedroom window curtains, I could see them, four stair-step children hauling our biggest Radio Flyer wagon to the pasture behind the house. Our oldest son was lugging the wagon by its […]
A Guide to Same Page Summer
You’ve been officially invited to join us for Same Page Summer, and now that the starting date is upon us, I wanted to share some of my favorite tips from the Bible Reading Challenge (BRC). To begin with, the main goal is to get God’s people back to the Word in the simplest of ways: […]
Don’t Forget the Good Book
“It isn’t Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It’s you. We shan’t meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?” “But you shall meet me, dear one,” said Aslan. “Are – are you there too, Sir?” said Edmund. “I am,” said Aslan. “But there I have another name. You must learn to know […]
Little Pilgrims, Big Journey
We could hear our 5-year old’s heavy footfall coming down the stairs after being tucked in for the night. “Mama? Papa?” he called. “When am I going to get my burden?” His question set our own feet into action and we met him at the bottom of the stairs. “Whenever He’s ready,” my husband assured […]
Our Apples Are Golden
If we know the following words of Chesterton by heart, it’s because they ring so true: “Fairy tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment when we found that they were green. They make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with […]