A couple of years ago a local church installed a prayer labyrinth on their property and yesterday I walked it for the first time. I had never walked any prayer labyrinth before and I was surprised at how easy it was to enter into deep thought/prayer while walking it. You just fall into a rhythm of walking one foot in front of the other. One … Continue reading Walking the Labyrinth
I found a small framed print of this old devotional at our local Goodwill a couple of months ago and bought it. Many of you have probably seen it before, but I don’t think I had. I hope my children take the time to stand looking at the wall and read the whole thing every now and then. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and … Continue reading Desiderata
Can you imagine if God had tried explaining to Moses that the Earth is 6 billion years old? We live in an age where huge numbers get thrown around all the time. There are 6.5 billion people on the planet. The gdp of the United States is in the trillions. The universe we can see is thought to be 16+ billion years old. Heck, some … Continue reading Playing With Time
I homeschooled my boys for years and have always caught flack for it. However, the one group of people who rarely criticized my decision were other parents with school-aged children. More often than not, they seemed to feel compelled to offer an apologetic explanation for why they weren’t homeschooling their own kids. Why? Because they were well aware that we live in a world where … Continue reading Jiu-Jitsu for the Bullied
God is love. So when we love, we are actually bringing God’s spirit into the physical world through ourselves. We become the nexus where the physical and the divine meet and communicate. That means each of us has the potential to be a portal between worlds. So never think that any loving action, thought or intention is unimportant. No matter how small, these are the things which … Continue reading A Cool Thought
Thank God for adulthood! If all of life were like middle school, our world would be the worst sort of dytopian nightmare imaginable. I just finished reading an overly-long article on why nerds are unpopular that just highlighted the difficulties my boys have had since going to public school. I know not every school is like this – my high school wasn’t. But too many … Continue reading Why nerds* are unpopular . . . in school
A life well spent isn’t measured by what you achieve, but by who you become. -me Continue reading My quote for the day . . .
I have been reminded of this scene from Lord of the Rings frequently as of late, so I looked it up and I must admit, it cracked me up: AHAHAHAHAH! Way to rally the troops, Denethor! Thank heaven’s Gandalf (whose character represents wisdom, donchano) was there to knock the crap out of him! Panic is pretty much never a good thing, IMO. Continue reading Very Demotivational
This article about decision fatigue gives a very interesting account of how we make decisions and why making a decision can be so mentally tiring. I’m glad to see it because the one thing that my kids do which is more likely to make me blow a gasket than anything else is ask questions from morning to night: “Can you make pancakes for breakfast?” “Can … Continue reading Why Moms Like Wine So Much!
The other day I was scolding my girls for their habit of changing their clothes multiple times a day. The laundry! Sophia replied, “if we were real princesses, we could do it.” “You’re not that kind of princess, honey,” I explained, “if you were that kind of princess, a maid would be doing the wash. Instead, the queen has to do it and she is … Continue reading The Laundry!
The Upside Down World 