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  • FAMILY VACATIONS

    Before you exclaim, “Family vacations?  Who has time for that?,” stop just one minute and let’s think about what constitutes a family vacation.  It might be that dream trip to Alaska or Florida or London, but it might be something … Continue reading →

  • SUMMER LEARNING

    Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother’s … Continue reading →

  • GRADUATION

    This is the season for graduations, everything from pre-school to graduate school.  Families spread the word, dress up, sit attentively, take pictures, applaud proudly, throw parties, … and pass the tissues.  What’s going on?  Let’s look at high school graduates … Continue reading →

  • NOT ALL RED TULIPS: CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE

    For it was you who formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.                I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.                                                                                                          Psalm 139:12-14 After … Continue reading →

  • SIMPLIFY … for Jesus’ Sake

    Simplify, simplify, simplify.                                                                                                 Henry David Thoreau, Walden I normally begin this column with scripture.  Trust me, I haven’t lost the distinction between Thoreau and Jesus, but this seems like such an important antidote to the “too much stuff” of … Continue reading →

  • A SPIRITED LIFE WITH CHILDREN

    Lord, listen to your children praying, Lord, send your Spirit in this place; Lord, listen to your children praying, Send us love, send us pow’r, send us grace.                         … Continue reading →

  • FAITH MOTHERS

    It’s May.  It’s Mother’s Day.  Pink and flowered cards are in the rack.  Advertising supplements in the Sunday newspaper target gifts for mothers.  Reservations for brunch abound. So, what are we celebrating?  That seems like a fatuous question.  Moms, of … Continue reading →

  • THE GIFT OF MAY 7TH

    It was a little hurt … at least, in retrospect.  The first year that Les and I were married, nothing went right on my birthday.  My parents, who had always made my birthday a “Queen for a Day” experience, were … Continue reading →

  • FAMILY SABBATH

    What was God thinking of, commanding a Sabbath?  It’s May and demands on our family’s time cover every waking moment – and then some.  Doesn’t God know how busy we are, how much we have to do, how hard it … Continue reading →

  • CELEBRATING A LIFE, PASSING ON A LEGACY

    [W}e will tell to the coming generation  the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might  and the wonders that he has done …  that the next generation might know them …Psalm 78:4,7 On Valentine’s Day last year, my husband’s … Continue reading →