It’s Monday. Â The day after the weekend. Wait, you knew that, didn’t you? My typical cleaning day. Love to sit down at the end of the day and breath that sigh of relief that says “I did it. This house is as clean as it gets.” But today I…
Just now this sweet baby was sitting so nicely in her exersaucer. Sweet. Precious. Those big blue eyes that even tough men can’t resist. Not that Daddy is a tough guy.  Well, he is…but. Ok, backed myself into the corner. Anyhoo, sweet baby T was sitting there so irresistibly that I…
Some days take on a shape all their own. You schedule, prioritize, strategize, and synchronize. In spite of your best efforts, the result: foiled again. Yesterday turned out to have its own shape. I think I’ll call it: polysquarecircaparallelogrammaticrhombus. It had a least five sides, four at times. Occasionally they…
I hate to admit it. I despise weakness. But the truth is: the weather affects me. Friday was a dreary, gray, rainy day. Â And my first thoughts this morning: Again? This stinks. As I started helping my 2 yr. old Tarah get dressed though, she flopped down on the carpet…
Big fish. Whale. Jonah. We all know the story from childhood.  But right now I’m in the second week of Priscilla Shirer‘s Bible study: Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted. Frankly, I think my entire adult life has been one series of interruptions after another.  Many of you may feel the…
The List. Daunting. Growing. Evolving. Beautiful or ugly. But for me, necessary. I’ve lived most of my life focusing on a list of some sort. Usually multiple ones. Shopping. Grocery. Projects. Are you list driven? Perhaps your spouse is. And you despise it, as “the list” has a tendency to…
Outside the Zone of Age: Sarah Various Scriptures At the end of Part 1 of this lesson, we ended with the questions: Is anything too hard for the Lord? And while we immediately think , “Well, no. Nothing is too hard for God,” our actions tend to show otherwise. At…
Outside the Zone of Age: Sarah Genesis 17:15-19 Genesis 18:6-15 Genesis 21:1-8 Hebrews 11:8-12 This week we have several passages that mention Sarah and this topic of her age. God’s plan for her life was quite unusual as she brought into the world a son promised for almost an entire…
Outside the Zone of Adversity: Noah Hebrews 11:7 In the first part of this lesson on Noah and adversity, I asked you to think about the word “adversity.”  What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of this word? Write it down and we’ll revisit…
Not so long ago but quite far away, there lived a couple in the state of Washington. “Oh,” you say, “That’s not too far.” But it was to them. Because God was moving them to the land of Columbus, OH. Not to say it didn’t have its’ perks. Having work…
Outside the Zone of Ancestry: Gideon Judges 6-8 Ancestry. Not just your heritage of tangible means. I’m talking about…well, the family baggage. The “business” that everyone hopes stays closed. The dirty laundry that the entire family hopes never gets aired.  Maybe nothing heavy, just a simple unforgiven misconception. Whatever it…
Outside the Zone of Appearance: David I Samuel 16:1-13 In the first part of this lesson, we looked at verse 7 of I Samuel 16 in the context of how God wants us to step outside the comfort zone of appearance. “…Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks…
