The “F” Words, and The Meaning of Life
Biblical Living . Day in the Life of a Big Family . Family . For My Children . Katie's Ramblings . ParentingRecently, I went with my father to a doctor’s appointment. At a certain age, it becomes a standard part of your exam to do a memory test. During the memory test the doctor asked my dad to list seven words that started with the letter “F” in less than a minute. I quickly came up
Preparing for Passover/ The Lenten Season in the Holiness Church
God's Calendar and Biblical Feasts . Spring FeastsIn the last week, more than once, someone asked me about preparing for Passover. They were not asking about my Spring cleaning, but about preparing Spiritually as a family. I thought I would update a post I wrote last year, and add some resources I have enjoyed using over the last 30 years with our
Sometimes I like to take a passage of Scripture and write it out in a way that makes more sense to me. Today, I was pondering Ecclesiastes 3. It is on my mind because I feel like I am in everyone of the “times” all at once. So, I thought I would share my journaling
Jeremiah 24:5-6 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them
For several months, I have been praying some very specific prayers over myself, my spouse, and my children. There seemed to be a plague of unwellness over our family. Physically, mentally, and spiritually. Some of my family members had very specific health issues that they had asked me about, and some seemed to be struggling
This morning, I took my kids to church. I got up and got them around, and drove in the snow to the church down the road. I almost didn’t go. I almost talked myself out of it. It had been a very long emotionally exhausting week, and I could have easily stayed home and rested.