"If you want to live life free,
take your time, go slowly.
Do few things, but do them well;
simple joys are holy."

 "The Talmud says that a person should do things for himself. One is to acquire a teacher. Do you remember the other ( Read more... )

When I was putting Christopher to bed tonight he asked me to sing him a song. I couldn't think of any good kid ones off the top of my head and the first one that came to mind was Gotta Have You by the Weepies (which I am still obsessed with and listen to at least 5 times a day).

It's just a simple, pretty song, and he lay quietly while I was singing ( Read more... )

Today I was on the computer in the living room and Amy, Christopher, and Hannah were eating lunch in the kitchen. I overhear this:

Amy: Christopher, what are you when you put your spoon in your nose like that?
Christopher (age 3 1/2): A... a WAL-rus!
Amy: Yup!

And then she calls to me, "Hey Em, by the way, did you teach them to sing, "I am the eggman, ( Read more... )

May God the Father be the guardian of this place and bring His peace, that fear may find no entry here.
May Christ be a chosen companion and friend.  (i love this- i love the point about how we have a CHOICE to choose Him as our companion and friend).
May loneliness be banished.
May the Spirit bring lightness and laughter, and be the Comforter of ( Read more... )

it was the first week of freshman year and amy and i were fruitlessly trying to figure out how to get our freakin' clothes clean. in the midst of our frustration we struck up a conversation with these two cool-seeming guys who were also hanging out in the laundry room (where the cool kids play). about the role of women in the church, as i recall. ( ( Read more... )

"...Even so, God, I will not run from Your presence. Nor will I pretend to be what I am not.

Thank You for accepting me with all my contradictions.

Amen."

In case you wanted to understand what my amazing road trip was like, I thought this e-card I just got from David really summed it up ( Read more... )

I spent today thinking of and praying for my sweet friend Sarah. She is currently on her way to Cambodia, ready and excited to start a six-month HNGR internship in the slums of Phnom Penh ( Read more... )

...Margaret Mary loved Cassie's family and the talk of boats and fishing. And the sea ( Read more... )