I’ve been stuck in a rut for a while. I have goals, dreams, things I want to do! But I don’t make the progress I would like on them. Pregnancy and early childhood were valid excuses for me. With my health issues (and with my adorable-yet-very-cranky babies), just surviving was a valid and all-consuming agenda [...]
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. -Pablo Picasso
If I’m a Christian, I shouldn’t be in pain, right? This has been said to me as directly as “Your pain is a result of some unrepented sin in your life” and as subtly as “If you had faith, you would be healed.” These statements roll around in my head, wearing their familiar grooves along my long-traveled pathways of thought.
My friend Keith pointed me to this page of wonderful quotes by the late Mike Yaconelli. As I continue my journey of truly seeking after Jesus I learn more and more about His true nature, and how different Jesus is than many churches make him out to be. Here is a great quote to ponder [...]
This is one of my favorite poems. It speaks to the dreams I have for myself, my children, and everyone who is closest to me. The Writer by Richard Wilbur In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is writing a story. [...]