Two weeks into a whirlwind 10-week home ministry assignment* and we are deep in the trenches of living that back porch life.
Read more36 hours in Venice (with Kids!)
Nearly once a week, I turn to Matt and ask, "Remember when we went to Venice?" Yes, of course he does. We all do. And now that we're in the cold damp days of late winter, I look back on those exceptionally hot and humid and brilliant and...
Read moreCommit the Golden Days to Memory
Once a year I come on here and bemoan All The Things and apologize for Not Posting Regularly. Blogging is such a peculiar art as, with most online media, one feels like one has to be present all the time, and if one is not...
Read moreHere + Now (2016 Year-End Edition)
Here is Kansas, a dark and quiet house, a fire lit and the children sleeping. Now is cold and flu season, post-Christmas, pre-New Year's. The majority of our family has been felled by some sort of illness. Chesty coughs and strained voices abound, plus...
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