Welcome

There’s nothing quite like a fresh new space, especially one that’s inviting.

When we fell backwards into our old 1906 bungalow, we worked our tails off cleaning, repainting, hauling out hideous fixtures and old carpets, updating, and refreshing. In a word, we wanted to make our home inviting. Our home is far from perfect. I’m not much of a decorator (or a cleaner!), but my heart soars when people feel welcomed, accepted, filled up physically and spiritually in our home.

Online homes are funny things. Some of you, following along via feedreaders, probably don’t even visit this actual site. Others of you could probably care less what it looks like, as you quickly skim content and get on with your busy day. I respect that.

But still, my heart is to create an online home here that’s inviting. I hope that when you click my virtual doorbell and enter my front door, you find your shoulders relaxing.I hope you find a beauty here that doesn’t impress but rather invites. I pray that hope wells up in you when you come, maybe joy too. I pray you are reminded that you’re not alone. And I pray God’s Word deeply challenges us both.[bctt tweet=”I hope you find a beauty here that doesn’t impress but rather invites.”]

My old site had been hacked so many times, my poor husband pieced things back together until we ran out of virtual duct-tape and decided we’d better just burn the whole thing down and start fresh.

Insert Sarah Hellems. My dear friend Sarah added a dash of this and a pinch of that and whipped up a lovely new place for us to hang out. I hope you like it here.

Can I give you a quick tour?

You’ll see how we have a “landing space” where you may wander around a bit and see if anything interests you–books, conferences & retreats, some fun little media pieces on our family over the past few years, as well as a link to our faith-family, Renew Church. Here on the blog we’ll continue our conversations, as usual.

Comments are now fully-functional: hooray! It’s been dreadfully quiet around here for too long. Please share your thoughts with me now! We also have new share buttons, as well as easy-peasy ways to pin posts and share tweets. My hope is that these new features make it easier to carry on gospel-centered conversation, here and around the blogosphere.

To the right you’ll find links for my loves–Simple Homeschool, Gospel for Asia, and World Vision.

You’ll also see a button there for Amazon: Would you please consider making your family’s Amazon purchases via this link? Our family gets a 4% kickback from all purchases via this link with no additional cost to you, and we use these proceeds for ministry expenses. I purposely do not sell advertising here because that kind of feels like putting up a billboard in my living room, but it’s amazing how a few 4% kickbacks can add up to bless our fam! Thanks so much.

So, I think that’s about it. Feel free to snoop around a bit and make yourself at home. I wish I could hand you my bowl-sized cup of dark coffee with cream & honey and let you sink down into my huge chaise lounge to relax for awhile. I so appreciate you making Sacred Mundane part of your day. Thanks for reading.