We’ve barely just started the school year, but the hustle has begun. School, work, practice, church, errands, meals, emails, volunteering…and by the way, nurture the people you bring and meet in all those places. My blood pressure just rose to an unhealthy fraction while typing that … [Read more...] about How to Hustle, Rest, & Worship
Rest & Relief
Tell Me Somethin’ Good
There are two radio shows that air during my afternoon 20 minute mom-taxi trip to town. On each station, at 5 to-the-hour, the news is reported. For five minutes the hapless reporter force feeds horrific headlines, updates on things you wish you’d never heard, and the incessant bickering of the … [Read more...] about Tell Me Somethin’ Good
To Obey is Better than Sacrifice: A Modern Day Parable from My House
About a week ago, I was super nerved-up over a multitude of tasks that are taking me a painfully long time to complete. To add insult to injury, the boys were arguing vehemently over totally inconsequential stuff. Like the exact shape of Kevin Durant’s logo. The precise lyric of a Tim Hawkins … [Read more...] about To Obey is Better than Sacrifice: A Modern Day Parable from My House
A Mother’s Heavy Burden of Being a Good Example
Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go. In nursery rhymes, pithy sayings, Sunday school lessons, books, blogs, social research and Scripture we learn that for better or for worse, our children will do what we do. Our … [Read more...] about A Mother’s Heavy Burden of Being a Good Example
The Fervent Prayer of a Ragged Woman
Wake. Feed. Dress. Transport. Bathe. Times five kiddos. I was a childcare machine, and I do mean machine. I was a cold, unfeeling, maternal robot programmed for quick response. Our home had become an institutional parenting operation with gaping holes where loving discipline and nurture … [Read more...] about The Fervent Prayer of a Ragged Woman
In the Dark
Recently I watched a moving Under Armor commercial featuring the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps. I might have even cried a tear (one that I could not even manufacture when my youngest went to kindergarten.) Can you imagine your own commercial? I tried: Do you need help … [Read more...] about In the Dark