What a Parent Does

They both need white collared shirts for their chorus performance this week. It sounds easy enough, but as it turns out there aren’t a lot of stores selling plain, white, button-up collared shirts for girls. They all have ruffles or rhinestones or characters on...

Tuesdays Unwrapped

It was a Friday, not a Tuesday. But it was a moment worth unwrapping. John, in the front yard of my sister’s house, playing football with our kids and her kids. The day was cold so I mainly watched from the window. But I stood there for longer than was...

Listening in the Silence

Silence helps us learn to listen. Phileena Heuertz said that. I’m sure many others have said it too, but this is where I heard it most recently. Learning to listen in the silence gives me strength to move into a regular noise of the day. Sometimes music helps, too....

for your weekend

As your mind shuffles through worry over the shopping list, your travel plans, a flat tire, a pile of laundry, your anxious daughter, your distant son, and a potentially lonely December, may the brilliance of heaven somehow peek through the dusty shadows of earth. May...