I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the things I take for granted. Blessings of everyday life, like being able to turn a knob on the kitchen sink so clean water flows into my glass. Loading the washer with detergent and more clean water, instead of scrubbing clothes in a dirty stream. Heading off to [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Blessings of Freedom
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Embracing Change
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Our oldest daughter is a packrat. She always has been. When she was little she would line up her used paper drinking cups and chewing gum on her windowsill. The very thought of throwing anything away was extremely traumatic for her. Fortunately she has mellowed out a bit over the years and become more reasonable [...]
Considering Home Education?
Saturday, July 26th, 2008I remember that place, that deciding place of how to educate our children. I remember its weight. I recall standing there with pudgy hands wrapped around my leg, peering down that road diverged in the yellow wood. Unsure of the next step, the faint whisper from a faint heart came, “Which road for us, Lord?” [...]
Radio Interview: Shelley Adina
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Award-winning author Shelley Adina wrote her first teen novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, a move to another [...]
Unsung Moments
Saturday, July 26th, 2008My four year-old is not toilet trained yet. This makes me embarrassed, frustrated, and flummoxed—sometimes all in the same minute. I really think he might be the first kindergartener to go to school in Pull-ups. We’ve tried everything: the encouragement technique: “You can do it!” the peer-pressure technique: “Doesn’t everyone else in your class wear [...]
His Commands Set Us Free
Saturday, July 26th, 2008For brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love to serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Galatians 5 13-14, KJV This freedom which God has given to [...]
Do You Send Your Children to Christian School?
Saturday, July 26th, 2008I am 31-years-old, and grew up watching you and Kirk on TV everyday. It is awesome that you love God–so do I! Do you and your brother send your children to a Christian School? If so, why is this so important to you? I have 3 little ones of my own and I am faced [...]
Lord Send me a Linda
Friday, July 25th, 2008The theme of this month’s CWO issue is Family. In thinking and praying about this topic, I kept coming back to the fact that for me, the word family most often means—friends. I grew up in a very small family. My parents divorced when I was quite young and Mom never remarried. We had no [...]
Freedom to Set Healthy Boundaries
Friday, July 25th, 2008One of my all time favorite films is Independence Day. No matter how many times I watch it, I find myself emotionally engaged in the drama, passion and pathos of the story. This film covers such a broad spectrum of button-pushing feelings and sentiments it isn’t funny. Where else can you find a balanced mixture [...]
Run With It
Friday, July 25th, 2008I’ve been so encouraged and inspired by readers and fellow bloggers regarding how they’ve taken bits and pieces from my Reluctant Entertainer theme, and have put those ideas into place in their own lives! People are experiencing freedom in learning how to serve others in love, focusing on people, many times centered around food! One [...]