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Motherhood – The Freedom of Not Being Enough
There was a time when I would grab my son’s soft baby feet and squish them and smush them and foist way too many kisses on them. Yeah, that was before said feet started to resemble... hooves. About a decade later, forget squishing his feet, I wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole. (Sorry, kid, ...
Let God do the Deep Cleaning
Sweat drips down my forehead. My glasses slide down my nose. Splotch. A bead of sweat is now on my glasses. Uugh. This is so not fun.
I wipe my face on my really-should-be-trashed t-shirt and go back to sweeping the floor.
I have been at this 43 minutes already. Forty-three minutes of cleaning every nook and ...
Your Home Is A Powerful Mission Field
“Go home.”
Those two words spoken by veteran preacher John MacArthur about author and teacher Beth Moore created pandemonium on the Internet last month.
While I found the comment hurtful and unnecessarily divisive, I simply don’t have the theological training to definitively share on this issue. Thankfully for you and me, this is not another opinion piece ...
Three Words That Can Help Smooth Those Wrinkles In Your Marriage
Admit it. You’ve aimlessly wandered along the corridors of Facebook, only to mindlessly binge-watch blooper videos. Okay, maybe that’s just me. It’s sadistically delightful to see someone more clumsy than you are. Recently, I sniggered my way through one of those #epicweddingfails videos. You know, the clip where a bridesmaid falls into a lake as ...
Installing India – Phase 1
Pulling out another one from the archives. I wrote this post four years ago, when we still experiencing "reverse culture shock" when we moved back to India after about 12 years of living in the US.
Four years on, I cannot believe that Trader Joe's and Costco don't appear on my to-do list. But professional in-home ...
Giving My Kids The Space To Find God
Somewhere along the way, she stopped needing me to hold her hand as we walked in the parking lot. Somewhere along the way, he stopped needing me to read him stories before bed. She stopped needing me to wash her hair with the raspberry scented shampoo. He stopped needing me to tie his shoelaces. They ...
Motherhood: The Freedom of Not Being Enough
Women, particularly moms, are increasingly being told that we are “enough.” Best-selling books, popular blogs and even sermons constantly repeat the “You are enough” mantra. But does that phrase help grow our dependence on God? Is it even true? This Bible Plan counters that we are not enough, and challenges us to lean on the ...
My Dad – A Good Man
I remember crafting you a poem when I was eleven years old. It was your 45th birthday and I wrote this for you:
“Born in ‘45
Today 45,
Half of 90
In the Year ‘90”
You thought my poem was next-level brilliant. Like, Nobel Literature Prize worthy. Like, T S Elliot should be taking notes.
Thirty years later, you’re still the ...
You Don’t Need To Prove Yourself – Letter To My 20-Year Old Self
You want to fit in, to belong — and for others to see that you do.
You think that life will be made if you’re offered a fancy job at one of those skyscrapers downtown. You expect to find a godly life-partner who is also blessed with a sense of humor, a suitable supporting actor in ...
MEET SUSAN
