Posted in Church Year on Nov 25th, 2011
Advent begins on Sunday, if you can believe it. This season of getting ready for Christmas doesn’t have to be co-opted by Amazon and the mall. To help minimize the consumer insanity, may I suggest a few resources for thoughtful living during the coming weeks? First, a Jesse Tree Devotional. The Jesse Tree is a [...]
Posted in Church Year, Reading, Writing on Oct 25th, 2011
Okay, so I don’t actually have a jeep for sale, cheap or otherwise. That’s the last line from one of my favorite picture books, Nancy Shaw’s rompy rhyme Sheep in a Jeep, delightfully illustrated by Margot Apple. But, even though I’m not hawking a jeep today, I am selling something. And selling it cheap even. [...]
Posted in Church Year, Raising kids on May 3rd, 2011
Today, I took my kids to the toy store—Jack wanted to buy a space shuttle with the allowance money he’s saved. He hadn’t had the toy five minutes when Jane asked to play with it. To my surprise, he let her. To my further surprise, after she’d played with it for a couple minutes, Jane [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.
