I thought it was time that we read this little treasure again because some lessons just don’t get old. This post originally ran in June 2010. This year I am trying to be a gardener. I have to tell you, it is not going well. We have a wooded lot, so I am fighting nature,…Continue reading The Move of Big Beef: Take 2
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Authentic Faith and Abundant Life
Let Your Roots
Lately, I’ve done one of my infamous disappearing acts. Instead of maintaining the charade that I can hold it all together with blog, kids, and home, I have decided to forego “consistent blogging” in favor of other activities like . . . .gardening, binge watching Burn Notice on Netflix, and making our house all “vacummey.”…Continue reading Let Your Roots
Untie Your Ass[ets]: Palm Sunday Edition
If I’d had any patience, I would have waited to run this post until today, but I posted it in January with the hope that it would make for a good Palm Sunday rerun. Thus . . . ***************************************************** We all remember why we are here, right? I mean, if you are still reading this…Continue reading Untie Your Ass[ets]: Palm Sunday Edition
Five Minute Friday: Gift
Well, this is just kind of unfair. The word for today’s Five Minute Friday Writing Prompt at the Gypsy Mama is “gift.” Really? Really? Last weekend I spoke on this VERY topic at a women’s retreat and so the very idea of condensing my thoughts to five minutes is just HAHAHA, laughable. As you probably…Continue reading Five Minute Friday: Gift
Underwhelmed
A few months ago, I bought something from a seed company. I had been waiting and expecting it for a while and was very excited to open it when it came, but when I looked inside, I was disappointed. In fact I was underwhelmed. I was hoping for something different. ********************************************** See, I have to…Continue reading Underwhelmed
Be Needy
UPDATE: I took this post down for a while while I considered and prayed about how to clarify it since I’ve had a lot of interesting comments and questions since I put it up 12 hours ago. This is NOT an attack or even a criticism of my or any particular church. I love my…Continue reading Be Needy
J & K Verse
It’s time for the next two Letter Verses! We are up to J & K now. Letter Verses is a way to memorize Scripture one letter of the alphabet at a time, using catchy songs (and sometimes motions.) Once we memorize the verse, we give $1 to One Verse for a Bible translation project for…Continue reading J & K Verse
This is probably wrong, but
When I used to teach high school English, there was one phrase students uttered that bugged me more than any other. I’d ask a question, hands would go up, and then I’d call on a smart, articulate female student who would begin her answer with the dreaded . . . This is probably wrong, but…Continue reading This is probably wrong, but
Make the Most
Lately I’ve had something on my mind that I’ve finally gotten the gumption up to write about. Well, truthfully, what I should say is that after I told God, “No way am I going to write that post no matter how much you nag me about it,” he said, “I’ve got a big fish…Continue reading Make the Most
Delight- Five Minute Friday
My brilliant sister, Laura, is helping with my writer’s block and pitching in this link up for the Gypsy Mama’s Five Minute Friday. . . Delight This instantly made me think of the new Hershey’s product, Hershey’s Delights. The first time I saw this product, my reaction was – What? Really? Now they are adding…Continue reading Delight- Five Minute Friday