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Road Building
"A voice cries: In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God." Isaiah 40:3
As a mom, I've said it probably a kajillion times: Are you ready yet?
It's encouragement with an edge, and the implied message is clear:
Why aren't you ready yet?
I learned [...]
Good Dishes and Other Graces
“ Let all things be done decently and in order.” — 1 Corinthians 14:40
We didn't sign up for wedding china.
My beloved and I thought ourselves too practical to request such a frivolous gift. Sturdy everyday china would be just fine with us, we said, until a great-aunt complained loudly to [...]
Getting Ready for Company
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10
It's almost Thanksgiving, and after that Advent and Christmas. You know what that means, don't you?
Company is coming!
Some grandparents travel over the holidays. They're the ones packing up and visiting.
Not us. [...]
A Gift Worth Giving
It's not that I don't pray. I do, regularly–for my grandkids and for their parents.
It's how I pray that I've been thinking about.
I've been thinking about specificity, about timing, and about intensity.
I've been thinking about these things because I've come to believe
prayer is one of the best gifts I can give [...]
Learning to Drive and Other Stories . . .
“I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord, for ever;
with my mouth I will proclaim
thy faithfulness to all generations.”
– Psalm 89:1
My grandma — grandma McK — never got her driver's license.
She knew how to drive…sort of. She sat behind the wheel while grandpa instructed her in the fine arts of acceleration, [...]
Four Ways to Share New-Baby Joy
“Children are a gift from the Lord, they are a reward from him . . .
May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.”
Psalm 127:3, 128:6
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We found out two weeks ago that grandchild # [...]
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