The Leader, then, turned to the mother. He looked at her in her agony. He peered into her bloodshot eyes and appealed to her mother’s heart. He lavished upon her enticements of mercy if she would just speak some sense into her son. This can all be over.
My family spent a week of our summer falling in love with Montana. At one point, though, we noticed a peculiar tree line that had been recently ravaged by fire called the Burn Zone.
Vulnerability is not always easy, but it became as natural as breathing to me during that time, and has stayed with me since, perhaps not to quite the same rawness!
As a child, I always took the words, “thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” to mean we should go about doing what God wants us to do here on earth as I imagined the angels going about carrying out His will in heaven.
We have recently been struggling with our 5 year old daughter. She has a fear that to anyone else seems to be unheard of… something simple and silly, but to her, it’s huge.
I think every parent has dreams for their children. Some dreams were present before the baby was in our arms, and other dreams have slowly developed over time. Some dreams are light-hearted, whereas others are earnest. From the moment we found out we were having a boy, my husband began to dream of playing catch … Read more
I have found that it is the small wins and successes that have the greatest impact.
This little job is one of the most beautiful things I have ever been lucky enough to be a part of. I know it can’t last forever, but for now I remain joyfully and victoriously underemployed.
On today’s episode, we are finishing up our discussion of Leaf by Niggle, a short story by J.R.R. Tolkien. Join us for a fun wrap up with two special guests! John Carswell of The Tolkien Road podcast and Matt Jaeger, Friend of Bellator Society and Fran’s dear husband. These guys are bringing the goods. If … Read more
I truly believe we all stand to better ourselves by writing down those affirmations, whether blessings given to us or victories we’ve fought hard for and thanking God for each and every one of them, even the ones we enter into caustically at first.