The following is a teaching lesson I submitted to Compel Training, a writing group I am a part of. While my words weren’t selected, I really learned so much from studying this passage in Leviticus. Please let me know your thoughts and if it speaks to you in any...
Oh my three kiddos. All I’ve ever wanted. Yet so often I find myself overwhelmed at all that comes with raising them. So much to teach them, to show them. So many times I have to remind them of the same thing over and over. “Pick your towels up off the floor.” “Brush...
I used to be a dancer, still am around the house to embarrass the kids and especially when no one is looking. Of course my body can’t move the way it once did, but music usually makes me start moving. The rhythm draws out the dancer in me; on beat with the music, in...
Fresh fruit. Fresh powder. Fresh, flowing water.——————>Spoiled fruit. Icy snow. Stagnant water. We would all prefer the fresh of things, right? Who likes the taste of spoiled fruit? Who wants to ski on icy snow? Who wants to drink stagnant water? When we look at...
I think when we flipped our calendars over from 2020 to 2021, we all anticipated things would get better. A new year will make it all go away; a blank slate will help us start over. But as we’ve seen in these first two weeks of 21, our hopes of peace and healing...
We were rushing around the other morning, forgotten backpacks, no masks, dog ran off with socks… typical morning mayhem. At least at our house. Some days I take it in stride and am joyful and helpful. Other days I’m a fraction of that and am frustrated and yelling...
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