Tag Archives: Love

Power Outage

My phone buzzed with a notification from our church prayer text group: Pray that our electricity comes back on! One of our church families had lost power. When the windchills are -35, even a temporary power outage is a big deal.  I just happened to be reading the book of numbers, where Moses prays, “AndContinue reading “Power Outage”

Checking Boxes is Not Enough

I’m a box checker.  I love the feeling of checking to-dos off at the end of a busy day. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and fulfilment.  But, what if, for Valentine’s Day, I simplified my relationship with my husband down to a list of checked boxes? Wash his clothes? Check. Cook his supper.Continue reading “Checking Boxes is Not Enough”

Making a Difference

Federal agents swooped in and took my neighbor from his workplace. It was the middle of the day. He wasn’t expecting it. His girlfriend and children weren’t sure what to do or how to contact him.  He sat in prison for eight months before his federal trial. It seemed unjust, unconstitutional, unamerican.  But I wasContinue reading “Making a Difference”

20 Chickens and the Good Samaritan

I put an ad on Tradio looking for giveaway chickens or roosters, and I was inundated with calls.  The inflated price of chicks competed with the inflated price of eggs this Spring, so instead of buying chicks, I waited. Perhaps someone would have extra chickens in the Fall. They did. After our homeschool group onContinue reading “20 Chickens and the Good Samaritan”

The Old Cane Pole

My dad has a long cane pole hanging in his garage. When we visited for Christmas, I asked him to tell my sons about it. “Well, it was Papa’s,” he said, meaning his dad, “and he called it a Calcutta cane pole.” Dad went on to describe the way Papa held the pole, the wayContinue reading “The Old Cane Pole”

Ladies and Gentlemen

Listen HERE Since my family is studying Medieval History this year, our car trips have been full of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Men of Iron, and Ivanhoe. Chivalry is not dead in these stories! Perhaps the courtesy and manners in these stories only ever lived in myth, but I still raise my daughtersContinue reading “Ladies and Gentlemen”

The Blindness of Advent

Listen HERE Fourteen years ago, my grandmother gifted us an ornate advent calendar. It is shaped like a house, and each door is numbered.  She also sent little ceramic animals that I remember from my own childhood. “Put one in each door,” she wrote in her letter, “and then, each day you can see whoContinue reading “The Blindness of Advent”

Pickleball Lessons

When I play pickleball with my son, we both go all out. Pickleball is America’s fastest growing sport according to USA Pickleball, and it is easy enough to learn that our whole family can play together. It is fun to watch our children play with full effort, and I am thankful that our local pickleballContinue reading “Pickleball Lessons”