Learning Their Names
A couple of years ago, over the summer holidays, we explored a common feature of southern Victoria: the rock pools along the coast. Most of the bay coastline from...
Tag: Wonder
Wondering at Beautiful Skies and Suffering
Mongolia has a beautiful sky. It’s big, it’s clear and in the 1990s, it was the place I loved to look. In the evenings the air would be crisp...
A Tale of Two Skies
It was a tale of two skies that morning. In between my panting and my praise, I diverted from my morning’s walk to dodge the muddied...
This Week’s Theme: Wonder
Wonder creates a pause. We might marvel at the miracle of new life at a baby’s first cry. The fireworks of color painted across an open...
Our Friend Shares With Us {Book Club}
Today we finish Wonder by R. J. Palacio (free PDF version). But the question is, do we really every finish a book like this? Good new news, thanks to Kiera...
There is a Doctor in the House {Book Club}
I have been looking forward to today's post since early May! When I announced our next seven books Velvet Ashes member Vivienne contacted me about the subject matter of...
Moments and Seeing and Wonder {Book Club}
After reading the first two sections of Wonder by R. J. Palacio (free PDF version), can understand why every person I know who has read it says, "You must...
When God Paid For Christmas
Money was so tight my freshman year in college that my family cancelled Christmas. We were struggling financially, and the three jobs my dad was working afforded him only four...
Celebrating Together
Serving overseas often turns our Christmas traditions upside down and inside out. Scarves and snow and sparkly lights and conversations with extended family are no longer part of a normal...
