I’m at (in)courage today, sharing about my favorite season for hospitality! My family of four and I just celebrated the one-year anniversary of our move from rural Pennsylvania to suburban Texas, right outside of Houston. We moved here to plant a church, which means we are deliberately creating lots of opportunities to show hospitality to…
I’m at The MOB Society today … We recently moved from Pennsylvania to Texas and entered what we will refer to in years to come as our “fiery furnace season.” Not only did we have to adjust to the Texas heat, but so many of our plans fell through, causing us all to suffer, especially our…
I feel like this summer was the summer of sorry. Every email I sent started with “Sorry for the delay in replying …” But even though I said sorry to lots of people, I didn’t say very often to my family. Since this was James’s first summer without school, therapy, or help from a TSS…
It’s been a quiet month here on the blog, but you can find me writing at a couple other places this week: We talk a lot about how churches can bless special-needs families. But have you thought about all the ways special-needs families bless the churches they attend? I can think of four big ways…
I first read Andrew and Rachel’s book last year when it was published in the UK (their home country). I loved it. It’s at the top of my list now for books to share with other special-needs parents (along with Wrestling with an Angel by Greg Lucas). I was so excited to see Crossway publish…
I like personality profiles. I’m an INTJ, enneagram 1, C (on the DISC scale), and a beaver, so that shouldn’t surprise anyone. I like labels and boxes and people who have labels and fit into boxes. I’ve lost some of my labels lately, parts of my identity. I was an adoptive mom, then I wasn’t….
