What is goodness? How do we define it, and how do we walk it out? There are many definitions for the word ‘good,’ and many ways that we use the word in everyday speech. “That was a good movie.” “Do you know of any good restaurants?” “Tommy was being very…
What’s So Good About Friday?
4 families, 1 day. And all they want to know is, “What’s so good about Friday?”
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Kindness
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I made the decision, as many college students do at one time or another, to skip my 8 o’clock class. Instead, I had gifted myself with a little more sleep before making my way to the campus center to hang out before my…
Lack
It’s Five Minute Friday! Five minutes to think and write on a word prompt. START Posted on my kitchen cabinet is a small yellow Post-It note with Scripture from Philippians. When you open up this cabinet, it reveals our breakfast, baking, and snack supplies. What’s written on the note is…
Tales From an Active Imagination: Part 3
Chapter 3 of The Rose Garden is here! If you are new to this story or need a refresher, you can read the beginning, or chapter 2, before moving on to the post below. “Y-you’re the other driver?” I can’t believe what I’m hearing. I thought something awful had happened…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Patience
On Friday morning, I boarded the second of two buses as a chaperone, heading with the high school choir my two oldest children are a part of. Around 5 AM we were on our way to New York City where the students would perform inside the Cathedral Church of St.…
Book Review: We Hope for Better Things
We Hope for Better Things, by Erin Bartels, was published in January, but I didn’t purchase it until March when I published my post: Hot Off the Press: 5 Fiction Books on My ‘To Read’ List for 2019. According to Goodreads, I started reading this book on March 13th. I…
Fruits of the Spirit: Choosing Peace
When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well, with my soul Songwriters: P P. Bliss / Gloria Roe It Is Well with My Soul lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc…
Measure
How do we measure something? What really comes to me is the word “worth.” How do we measure worth? Where do we find our worth? I guess that all depends on where we are, in what we believe.
Perfectly Undone: Part 2
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this story, you can find it here Sam watched as Charles drove his blue Chevy Malibu down the road and then out of sight, Charlie in tow. The fact that Charles was always willing to help out in ways that other fathers, including…