“Hi, Grace, I’m Steve. I know this is slightly weird but I believe the Lord told me I’m supposed to wash your feet.” Slightly? I looked at him. He looked at the floor. We both spun around to look at the basin strategically placed in the middle of the floor to symbolize the service we would provide that week. I had never met Steve before. I’ve only met Steve once since that day. In our 2nd meeting, I bought him... Read more
Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy is the foot-washing that Jesus gave the disciples on the night they enjoyed their Last Supper together. Early this morning with Ransom on my left reading a Lego book & Rhys on my right reading The Monster at the End of This Book (loudly on an iphone app with Grover in his squeaky high pitched voice) I tried to meditate on this passage in the book of John where said feet-washing & Last Supper took place. (Per my usual,... Read more
Someone once told me when I start to worry I should take the worry as far it could go and follow it up with the shockingly insightful question, “then what?” Or better yet, “so what?” Let’s say I’m worried about how much longer it’s taking us to pay down debt than I hoped. Taking that worry as far at could go would mean it would take the rest of 2013? But, “then what?” Well, we’d be done with debt in... Read more
We are still exploring the benefit’s, how-to’s, nitty-gritty of Quiet Times ’round these parts. The 1st post in the series covered the evolution of my personal times with the Lord & why I think you should put some effort towards it. Today, I’m happy to welcome an e-friend on the use of journaling in Quiet Time. My next post will cover QT nitty-gritty. Let’s roll… ~ I remember when I was in high school and my best friend and I always... Read more
It’s Spiritual Abuse Awareness week on the interwebs. I’m honored to be writing a small piece of my abuse & healing journey this week on Rachel Held Evans’ blog. as a part of a bigger group of bloggers seeking to bring awareness to spiritual & other abuses. Things have been a bit quiet here on GwG as I’ve written this post & am working on a to-be-published (hurrah!) Ruth Bible study. For the first time in my life -helpfully- I’m... Read more
netizen |ˈnetəzən| noun a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. ~ ~ Some helpful things to consider as as you pursue your God sized dream. ~ Father of Three, One Living ~ What happens when when a white women’s daughter buys a black American Girl doll. ~ We have so far to go: The Good, Racist People ~ For all my fellow Evernote lovers + bloggers: How to Use Evernote as a Blogger ~ How shop... Read more
I’m in a season of rest with the Lord. A season of grace with the Lord. Joy. Like yesterday, I’ll be writing about quiet times for the next few posts, in part because of how much I’m enjoying my time in the Word & prayer in the early morning. I’ve even surprised my self that I’ve managed to scrape my lazy behind out of bed in enough time to sit in silence on most days before I head off to... Read more
Crazy, busy Mama I see you. I know it’s ridick trying to squeeze a quiet time (aka devotional, time with the Lord, Scripture study) into each day but you should… …now don’t go shoulding all over yourself before you read the rest of this post… As I was saying, you should try to do what’s best for you at your stage of life with plenty of grace for good measure. THE EVOLUTION OF MY QT’S Last week, Dave & I... Read more
I want to feel called to it, Lord. Read: I want to know it’s going to be successful, that it will all work out. I want to feel like you, God are telling me to do it. I want for you to sky-write it. Or, better yet, cement-write it. That would be cool…and reveal your glory all the more. Because it’s all about you. And me. It’s about me wanting you to write stuff in cement for me. ~ Lately,... Read more
Today is International Women’s Day! (what? what?) Suffice it to say, I LOVE the women God has placed in my life! And, yeah, even the rare few who get on my last nerve! Today, one way I’m honoring the women in my life I appreciate is by thinking of them, saying a prayer of thanks & one quick prayer for them. Additionally, I want to be mindful of the women around the world, the millions of women and girls who... Read more
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