I shared here the beginning of a journey, to fill in the blank of a life goal penciled in awkward cursive nearly 22 years ago. (I’d be honored if you’d take a moment and read that initial post which communicates my heart on this topic.) I shared here about walking through the Real.Life.Exhibit last summer, […]
Filling in My Blank is a story. I don’t know where it ends but you’re welcome to follow along here on the first, second, third, and fourth installments. Enjoy! — Now, the decision was made. October 15th we’d make the plunge and give 41%. I cannot tell you how this opened up a whole new […]
Filling in My Blank is a story. I don’t know where it will end, but you can catch up by reading the first, second, and third installments. Enjoy! — So by now, so many things had already lined up. Realizing that fall was fast-approaching, I finally started in on The Hole in our Gospel. I […]
*Filing in My Blank is a story. I don’t know where it will end, but you can catch up here on first and second installments. — It was now nearing the end of the summer. I still hadn’t started The Hole in Our Gospel, but James was haunting me and the Real. Life. Exhibit images […]
We started here talking about Filling in My Blank, sharing a journey of God slowly penciling a place that had been blank for too long. So now, where to start? The story, of course, isn’t about me, it’s about God—so it has no beginning and no end. But I do remember little glimpses of when He […]
On the wall above my desk is a small, lined, yellowed piece of paper in an old wooden frame. At the top, in careful childish cursive, is the title,“Life Goals,” with a little squiggly underline and a sticker of a little girl with a bow in her hair. At the corner of the page is […]
I know this feeling: About to tip … somewhere. Not sure where. It was 4.5 years ago when God brought a sort of revival to our hearts and lives. Now we can see it for what it was, Him leading us into a new place of trusting Him, knowing Him, loving Him. But at the […]
Several of you have asked, “Why were you up with World Vision last week?” It’s a fair question, and honestly, I wondered the same thing myself (How did WE get to be here?) Here’s the quick scoop, and a sneak-peak at the fabulous book to be released May 7, 2013. About 2.5 years ago, God began taking […]
Blowing bubbles in the sunshine, kids running here and there chasing floating globes. Sitting with Heidi, silently forming playdough, cutting stars, lining them up along the table. It’s great to have a girl. Sipping decaf tea in the late afternoon. Kids sick, still sick. Still homebound and still enjoying it. A free gift, like a […]
We signed papers on The Ark, so it’s time to share the story. This might take several installations! It’s the next leg of our journey with Jesus. Thank you for indulging me! Some of you may remember our Downsize Journey from 2010. (There are links to all 5 installments there) Basically, God destroyed our neat-and-tidy lives […]