My younger son James has nine more hours of school left (he goes three hours a day for three day a week). And then–it’s game on. We’ll start our routine of making popsicles, playing in the pool, swinging, going for walks, finding new parks, picking tomatoes, visiting the library, and counting down the days until…
Have you seen the movie, What to Expect When You’re Expecting? It follows the lives of five women having babies. One of the characters, played by Jennifer Lopez, is adopting. It takes her about nine months to go from home study approval to having her baby home from Ethiopia. This nine month process only happens…
Reading is my favorite thing to do. All the major decisions in my life basically came down to how I could read more books. That goal led me to major in English, teach English, go to seminary, and become an editor. (Of course, there was more to those decisions than reading, but it was a…
Six years ago this month, I walked across the stage at my seminary graduation. I was pregnant at the time and whispered to my sweet baby James, “This chapel is filled with professors, authors, preachers, teachers, and missionaries. These are the world changers, baby, and you’re going to be one too.” When we got his…
Last month my husband preached on spiritual gifts. “What gift do you think you have?” I whispered to my seven year, whose head was in my lap. I leaned my ear close to his mouth to hear him whisper back, “I have all the spiritual gifts, Mommy. I’m like a spiritual gifts ninja.” I didn’t whisper back, “Well, actually,…
People wonder where God is when horrific events happen. When there are bombs or shootings. When there are murders and kidnappings. When there are hurricanes and floods. When there is starvation and sickness. When there are accidents and diagnoses. I wonder, too. “But please, please—won’t you—can’t you give me something that will cure Mother?” Up till then…
