“If your schedule doesn’t allow time to be with God and draw on His strength, then rework your priorities and make a new schedule. The old one is not working.” -Stormie Omartian, Power of a Praying Wife I find that Christians, speaking generally, have set up a legalistic system. There is an unspoken rule that […]

Getting out of the house looks differently than it used to. Yesterday we were excited to take Ezekiel to the lake for the first time. We decided that we would wait until after his morning nap, to assure he was well rested for an action-packed afternoon. After he awoke, we rushed around the house packing […]

During the first week of this year, Grayson and I set aside time to pray over and plan for the coming year. Looking back on some of the health goals we set, I am astonished. ” Veggies in 1 meal a day. 1 Fruit a day.”    This morning, just for the fun of it, […]

Grayson and I were settled into a comfy couch in the foyer of our church watching the sermon on a television. This is where the parents of babies sit. Here there is no fear of if, or when your little one will stir, scream, or express gastric discomfort without shame. Zeke was two months old, […]

When I was sixteen years old, I embraced a vegetarian diet for a year and a half. The greatest irony of this decision was found in the fact that I have a great distaste for raw vegetables. Throughout my entire stint of being a vegetarian, I ate only a handful of salads. Grayson and I […]

“And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, ‘I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.’ And all the people answered and said, ‘His blood be on us and our children!’” […]