My blog is deliberately narrow. I write about what God is teaching me as a mother, but I’m not writing only to mothers. In fact, my single friends who read and give feedback have taught me that they are learning in other contexts many of the same lessons I’m learning as a mother. Nevertheless, I’ve […]
When An Introvert Makes Cookies for the Neighbors
We’re new in our neighborhood, and as neighborhoods go, it’s pretty quiet. The neighbors aren’t mean, just silent and to themselves. They’ll wave at you, but they won’t take any initiative to come say hello. I’ve been praying about opportunities to actually get to know our neighbors. I really do have a desire to reach […]
What Kids Love About Church
Over the last few months, we’ve been visiting different churches. It’s always a learning experience to be in a new place as an outsider, and it’s a great opportunity to teach our children what is most important about a church. This last weekend, we asked them to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the […]
Why Celebrate Communion?
Since we’ve moved to a new place, we’ve been visiting churches. It’s been a family joke that every church we go to is having communion that day. Last Sunday, we had another communion service. One child of ours, who has a sensitive conscience, has expressed concern about taking communion. We’ve chatted about it, and talked […]
