Growing Vegetables + Children

Growing Vegetables + Children

This is where I usually tell you that today is another Five Minute Friday, where Lisa-Jo gives us a prompt and invites us to write for FIVE MINUTES ONLY, no editing, no rethinking, no shame. But this isn’t just any Five-Minute Friday. Yes, it IS Friday. Yes,...
VITALITY in Ministry

VITALITY in Ministry

I’m using the word “ministry” very loosely here, but it was the only word I could think to describe my writing/speaking/online world! This is not a life I ever envisioned for myself, but slowly, surely, I’m embracing the small voice that says,...
Divine Service

Divine Service

My focus has been off lately. My heart has not been in the right place. Each time I sit down to have some time with the Lord, I feel it heavy in my heart. But each time I also hear specifically from Him about how to turn it all around. And He did so again last night,...
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party!

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party!

Did you know it’s Operation Christmas Child collection week?! And it’s not too late for you to pack and ship a box! In fact, we just had our very own Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party today and it was a blast! Each family brought their own...
Mercy {Five Minute Friday}

Mercy {Five Minute Friday}

It’s Five Minute Friday with lovely Lisa-Jo! Set a timer and just write. Don’t worry about making it just right or not. For me? An exercise in letting go and letting words flow. Five minutes only. {yes, I do set a timer and it quacks like a duck at 5 minutes, which...
I Can’t Make My Kids Care

I Can’t Make My Kids Care

I want to teach my kids to be compassionate. I’ve said it before but I’m not sure I totally agree with this statement anymore, since what I used to mean when I said that was… I want to make my kids be compassionate. You see, I’ve come to...