grace

“Hi, Grace, I’m Steve.  I know this is slightly weird but I believe the Lord told me I’m supposed to wash your feet.” Slightly? I looked at him. He looked at the floor. We both spun around to look at the basin strategically placed in the middle of the floor to symbolize the service we […]

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  Today is Maundy Thursday.  Maundy is the foot-washing that Jesus gave the disciples on the night they enjoyed their Last Supper together. Early this morning with Ransom on my left  reading a Lego book & Rhys on my right reading The Monster at the End of This Book (loudly on an iphone app with Grover in […]

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Someone once told me when I start to worry I should take the worry as far it could go and follow it up with the shockingly insightful question, “then what?” Or better yet, “so what?” Let’s say I’m worried about how much longer it’s taking us to pay down debt than I hoped.  Taking that […]

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More thoughts on quiet time

We are still exploring the benefit’s, how-to’s, nitty-gritty of Quiet Times ’round these parts.  The 1st post in the series covered the evolution of my personal times with the Lord & why I think you should put some effort towards it.  Today, I’m happy to welcome an e-friend on the use of journaling in Quiet Time.  […]

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SpiritualAbuseWeek

  It’s Spiritual Abuse Awareness week on the interwebs. I’m honored to be writing a small piece of my abuse & healing journey this week on Rachel Held Evans’ blog. as a part of a bigger group of bloggers seeking to bring awareness to spiritual & other abuses. Things have been a bit quiet here on […]

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my family

netizen |ˈnetəzən| noun a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. ~  ~ Some helpful things to consider as as you pursue your God sized dream.  ~ Father of Three, One Living ~ What happens when when a white women’s daughter buys a black American Girl doll. ~ We have so far […]

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English Mansion

I’m in a season of rest with the Lord.  A season of grace with the Lord.  Joy.  Like yesterday, I’ll be writing about quiet times for the next few posts, in part because of how much I’m enjoying my time in the Word & prayer in the early morning.  I’ve even surprised my self that […]

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a few good reasons to have a quiet time

Crazy, busy Mama I see you.  I know it’s ridick trying to squeeze a quiet time (aka devotional, time with the Lord, Scripture study) into each day but you should… …now don’t go shoulding all over yourself before you read the rest of this post… As I was saying, you should try to do what’s […]

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