Gaining a heart of wisdom
Do you ever get tired of taking the same sins to God over and over, asking for his forgiveness and his help, and then failing once again? I sure do, and so I read God's promise of rest in the book of Hebrews with hope and longing. The writer puts his finger on the origin… Continue reading How You Can Seize Those New Morning Mercies
Strict practitioners would not have approved of my methods, but on one long ago mid-winter Wednesday, I smeared ashes on the foreheads of my two preschoolers and myself. An offering of the hardwood that had heated our home the day before, these ashes were not “ceremonially correct” in any way. At the time, I did… Continue reading Ash Wednesday in the Parenting Pressure Cooker
