on Advent and writing with The Man

December starts this week. The season of anticipating is here. If you are looking for a way to celebrate with your family in the midst of the anticipation, Ann Voskamp just finished her Jesse Tree Advent Devotional. You can download it for free here. I’m not...

slowing for thankful

“Thankfulness takes the sting out of adversity. That is why I have instructed you to give thanks for everything. There is an element of mystery in this transaction: You give Me thanks (regardless of your feelings), and I give you Joy (regardless of your...

a place to be

May your soul breathe deep today, and may your home be a place to be. Not a place to be busy, or to be anxious, or to be contentious. May it not be a place of turmoil, or a place to worry what they are thinking. May it simply be a place of truth, of freedom, and...

on a tuesday

I listen to him breathing as I sit quiet in his room. He snores, and sometimes stops breathing all together. So I have to listen and count and wait. Doctors orders. It scared me at first, he stops breathing when he sleeps! But now that I’m sitting here...