How to Actually Be a Mary Instead of a Martha
“MOM!” the three-year old yells from the toilet where she is waiting for me to wipe her bum. “MOM!” calls the 12 year-old from the dining room table. She needs to know why her Zoom call for algebra won’t connect. The pile of work looms behind me as I glance at the clock and then […]
It’s Time to Be Loved
I’ve spent weeks trying to get this post started. I wanted to talk about education and routine along with my own sense of apathy towards this coming year. Yet, each time I wrote a paragraph or a page I would inevitably delete it. The words may have been useful but they were empty and mechanical. […]
Timing is Everything + The BEST Roasted Potatoes
It’s so comical how God works sometimes. I signed up for this theme months ago, thinking I’d have things to share about rhythms and schedules and time management. I guess I thought I’d have everything together by now! On the contrary, these last few weeks have sent me into a tailspin of not knowing what […]
This Week’s Theme: It’s Time
As things begin to open up, school is starting (in some form or fashion) in many parts of the world, and we ease back in to familiar patters of life, we reach for our planner or click on the calendar app on our phones. We mentally plan meals and errands and ministry activities, organizing our […]