These last several weeks have been quiet here, I know. The grey days have kept us tucked inside more than usual, where we’ve enjoyed one...

Although you might not always see or read about it here, our family has endured quite a few hardships the last few years, the sort...

Is anyone else sighing with relief that it’s Friday? I am, certainly. Today the kids and I will be spending the day playing/lunching with friends...

Belief isn’t always easy. But this much I have learned, if not enough else— to live with my eyes open. I know what everyone wants...

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? {Matthew 16} Some...

This week has felt so difficult for some reason. Maybe it was the thick heat that made its way back here, forcing us to shut...

I am still mentally swirling from my extended weekend trip to Virginia. As expected, the whole experience was both invigorating and exhausting, filling and depleting....

Living in modern culture often makes it difficult to appreciate slowness. Being a mother sometimes makes slowing down feel impossible. Like so many other parents,...

I’ve been thinking about our fall camping trip last year, the beautiful leaves and cool, foggy air, the feeling of fleece and fire. Here in...

It can often seem a small thing to say thank you. As a parent, I coach my children with these words regularly, “say thank you,”...