(from Instagram) “Can we check on our garden?” I give them the go ahead and they run to fill their cans in the bathroom, watering the kitchen tiles on their way out. They return with strawberries, cilantro, and news of promising zucchini flowers and sunflower stems. I leave most outdoor activities to Jeff, but I …
Gaius
“Unfortunately, no other information about Gaius has survived,” I read. I pause and store this fact (of lack of facts) to come back to. The unknown surrounding the life of the recipient of an epistle (3 John, specifically) is strangely comforting to me. Although, I shouldn’t say ”strangely” since I’m predictably drawn to such stories …
Wisdom To Number Our Days
Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom- Ps. 90:12.— I need this divine, day-numbering wisdom so badly.
On Whale Sharks and Wonder
(from Instagram) The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. - GK Chesterton Wooow, my boy says to himself. He’s a bit scared that the fish are so close. But still, wooow, he repeats. Our hearts expand— mine with joy, his with wonder. Did you know there are …
Greater Is He
(from Instagram) I felt the fall last night, the pain of childbearing. In the beating my body has taken in birthing and caring for a newborn. In the toil of raising sinful children. In my own hard-heartedness. *** I’m sick of dealing with sin. I think that to myself after refereeing another bedtime squabble. Nothing …
Keeping Heart 