One of my favorite things when I’m out running errands is to see someone I know. This was especially true when I had a toddler and an infant, but even now that they’re both school-age, there’s just something about being seen and recognized that makes my heart a little lighter. Conversation doesn’t need to play…
Month: January 2020
Toddlers in the Eyes of God
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of the child”. I’m pretty sure I just heard every parent ever shout their agreement to that. There’s a good deal of disagreement about the wisdom and/or morality of the second half that verse (Proverbs 22:15, btw), but Solomon sure nailed the first half, right? This week has been…
Enter the Holy Place
The reading plan I follow in my daily Bible reading had me in Ezekiel recently, and a few verses in chapter 44 caught my attention. The last 8 chapters of the book deal with visions of a new temple and instructions for Levitical priests who serve in that temple. Chapter 44 in particular contains specific…
Recent Reads, Volume IV
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier) – a Gothic crime-mystery-slight-romance-psychological-thriller novel. I had set a reading challenge…
His Mercy Endureth Forever
For as long as I can remember, my mom has read Scripture aloud at meals every day – from Psalms at breakfast, and from Proverbs at lunch. As one might imagine, this practice means that we have a greater familiarity with those books than one might expect, and also a greater affinity for some chapters…