If I had a dollar for every time a mother said to me (about parenting) “make sure you enjoy it, because it goes by fast,” well, I’d definitely not have to say to Clayton “Not today because mama doesn’t have any dollars in her purse” when he’s asking me to go on that train in […]
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice for Moms (and everyone!) Read More »
Today is All Saints’ Sunday, a day when we remember the community of saints who have gone before us and reflect on their meaning in our lives. I love All Saints’ Day for so many reasons. Today at Northwood Presbyterian Church we each brought up flowers and laid them on the front table, remembering and
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Today, as I’m sitting in a hospital waiting for my mother to come out of recovery for her knee surgery, I’m reminded that today is World Mental Health Day. Here are five things that are on my mind a lot when it comes to mental illness… 1. Mental Illness deserves the same treatment as physical
World Mental Health Day: 5 Thoughts from a Pastor’s Perspective… Read More »
As you may have gathered from the first and second posts just like this… I like tech tools that make life easier. I’m not a naturally organized person, so I have to fight to find tools that help. Here are some of the latest tools I’ve been using in ministry. Hope there’s something here that
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First: Adrian Peterson did not “spank” his child, he beat him bloody. This is not a matter of a “judgement call.” This isn’t “well some people think differently.” He beat him up. Look it up. There isn’t room for debate here. Second: Prominent evangelicals as well as Adrian Peterson himself defend this type of action
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Sometimes you just need to give someone an awesomeness award. Today was such a day. If you know someone who could use one, feel free to click on this one and use it. I made it using Templates for Pages Yay!
I recently read an article on Slate called “Let’s Stop Idolizing The Home Cooked Family Dinner.” In the article, two sociologists from North Carolina State University point to evidence that the stress of putting together family meals is not worth the tradeoff. They conclude that the tradeoffs aren’t worth it. I disagree… strongly. Parents are
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This isn’t a mommy blog, but this is a mommy story. I felt like I couldn’t not tell it. Tonight my two year old child choked on a piece of fruit. By “choked” I don’t mean that he was coughing and sputtering and I said “whoops, careful, honey.” I mean no crying, no breathing, no sounds…
Five reasons I’m telling the awful story about one of the worst moments of my life. Read More »
So, people in ministry of all kinds constantly need calendars with just Sundays on them, for worship planning, sign ups and all kinds of other things. I tried googling a “Sunday only” calendar and didn’t have much luck and so I made my own. I’m offering them here in the JPG and also PDF versions.
One of the things that I’m keenly aware of as a recently published author on spiritual practices for families is how I’m now part of the world of Christian marketing. As I’ve written about before, I believe only people can be described as Christian. I don’t believe there is such a thing as “Christian music”
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