Gaining a heart of wisdom
I've been keeping a sentence journal since last spring, part spiritual discipline and part occupational therapy. I'm losing my handwriting thanks to Parkinson's disease, and scrawling a coherent sentence in legible script every morning is one way of pushing back. During November, I'll be expanding the practice by listing three things I'm thankful for. Keeping… Continue reading Thanks For The Good Gifts I Never Thought Of Asking For
We've all experienced the dissonance of prayers that seem to go unanswered and struggled to understand why God behaves in ways or allows outcomes that seem incomprehensible to us. Bible scholars throughout history have advocated for a position of "holy indifference" to preside over our feelings when we're disappointed with the will of God. Indifference… Continue reading Why the Painful Struggle to Accept the Will of God?
If I learned anything at all from twenty-one years of homeschooling it is this: the daunting, two-inch-thick school book is managed in daily assignments, one lesson at a time over the course of an entire school year. If we persevere, we will be able to say in June, “We did it!” Thirty summers and thirty… Continue reading What Story Do You Want to Be Able to Tell?
I live and worship on the fringes of a fishing economy. On the drive to church, I observe nets festooned and floating on the water, and my husband and I ask each other, "What's running right now?" or "Is it time for alewives already?" I've noticed that I need a translator for sorting out conversations… Continue reading I’m Not Interested in Standing on the Fringes of Life
Living Our Days 