We are about halfway through Month 4 of this crazy little mutiny against excess, as Jen Hatmaker calls it in her book. A group of us started strong in February eating only seven foods for one month. (really, really hard) Then we wore seven items of clothing in March. (easy … Continue reading
Having Compassion on Mother’s Day Mother’s Day always sneaks up on me, but it slapped me hard across the face this week when my mom said something about how my Grandmother always would take us all out for pizza on Mother’s Day. While she was talking, I realized that … Continue reading
Well, today is the end of Month 3 of Seven. If you’ve been here for a while, you know that I am participating with a group of girls in following Jen Hatmaker’s challenge to take on seven areas of excess in our lives in seven months. This month was Possessions, … Continue reading
I just need a couple of hours to myself. Do you ever feel that way? Since Spring Break, it feels like we have been in catch up mode. Since my husband works at a church, sometimes Holy Week is really busy. I have to be super intentional to pay attention … Continue reading
For Good Friday, I have combed back through some of my favorite essays in the Lenten Reading collection, Bread and Wine. Several weeks ago, I underlined almost every paragraph of this particular one by Henry Drummond about Peter’s betrayal of Jesus. When I returned to it this morning, it touched … Continue reading
Only he who cries out for the Jews may sing Gregorian chants. Dietrich Bonhoeffer In January I joined up with a fellow blogger who was hosting a read-along of Bonhoeffer’s biography by Eric Metaxas with the understanding that we would post our thoughts on the first half of this book … Continue reading
I love new beginnings of almost any sort, which is part of why I am excited about starting Month 2 of Seven: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess. This month’s area of excess is clothing. Of course I am also giddy about having had a cup of coffee this morning, and … Continue reading
In January I joined up with a fellow blogger who was hosting a read-along of Bonhoeffer’s biography by Eric Metaxas with the understanding that we would post our thoughts on the first half of this book today and then do the same for the second half of the book on … Continue reading
Today is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of Lent. The wait for spring. For Resurrection. This treasure of a book, Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter, has been my Lenten companion for several years now. It is a collection of essays by all different writers. It opens with this … Continue reading
Month 1 of Seven: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess So, you may remember that in back in the fall, I read Jen Hatmaker’s book Seven. I mentioned then that a group of us would be tackling a similar project in 2013. Well here it is. We are a week into … Continue reading
