Abraham never intended to sacrifice Isaac. He always remembered, and counted upon, the promise which God had made to him. Through Isaac a great nation would be born. “…I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship and return to you.” Genesis 22:5 He was not lying. He was not being devious. He […]

Allow me to bear my heart a little bit here… Thursday night I watched a couple of documentaries on the lost girls of China. I cried through them, holding tightly to my own baby, fast asleep in my arm. After Gray got home from church, and we lie in bed talking, he told me that […]

In twenty years I’m not going to want to remember only the smiles but also moments like these…    I want to remember more than the moments he first sits up, crawls, and walks.   I want to harbor also the falls it took for him to get there.   That moment when I first […]

I love photos. What is it, “A picture is worth a thousand words”? I think that’s an understatement. I love words. But I think a photo can encapsulate a whole lot more than words. They draw our mind immediately to that which we take joy in, that which we love. Family Friends    Making treats […]

Art. To Create. Sometimes I will be sitting in my classes in the morning, and I begin to think about creating something. A new meal. A batch of muffins. A decoration for the house. A new “tool” to help organize our crazy life. A new page for Ezekiel’s scrapbook. A new entry on my blog. […]

Thanksgiving is: My favorite day of the year. This year I am overwhelmed. Not that in prior years I did not have reason to be overwhelmed; most certainly I did. Maybe it’s just that this year I’ve taken time to be overwhelmed. Yesterday morning as Zeke was fast asleep in the next room, I sat […]