Good Friday at the foot of the Cross
Standing at the foot of the Cross on Good Friday is anything but easy. Even so, it’s where we are invited to be today.
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Tag: life in the present moment
The Daybook of Busy and Hot
Outside my window: The sun is just cresting the horizon. There’s a gray mist on the far...
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The Importance of Words
A Mary Moment Monday post I have a fascination with words. I can’t help it: not only am I an...
Read MoreSnowy Saturday Daybook
Outside my window: Snow! On the ground! Around the house: There’s a pile of people–Daddy and girls–on my couch, watching a movie. The boy is dragging a stool around the kitchen counters, seeing what fun he can...
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It’s Not About Me
Today, I celebrate my 35th birthday. There are at least two things I can guarantee about today....
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A Monday Daybook
Outside my window: The moon was hovering over the western horizon as a big tangerine. My...
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Taking Some Time
A Mary Moment Monday post He bet me, a few weeks ago, that I couldn’t spend a week offline....
Read MoreMary in the Daily Grind
A Mary Moment Monday post It feels like we’re more than halfway through the summer, but maybe that’s because I had myself a wee bit busy in June and it was gone before I could blink properly. We’re moved into...
Read MoreReminder for Me
It’s been one of those mornings where I’m dragging and dragging and dragging. I’m so glad, then, that one of the things I picked up early on was Karen Edmisten’s Through the Year with Mary: 365...
Read MoreBrought to My Knees
I heard the garage door go up. And then it went down. I hollered for the three-year-old, who was happily playing in my mother-in-law’s garage with the dog, to stop. The garage door went up and down again. And then again....
Read MoreSo Little Room
A weed needs so little room to take root. It doesn’t even need proper soil, near as I can tell. Just a little sliver of space, maybe some moisture, a bit of sun, and wah-lah: Weed Central. You see them on the side of roads where...
Read MoreWhat You’re Missing
Maybe you’ve noticed that I’m less active on Twitter and Facebook since Lent started. It’s not that I’ve given them up for Lent (as you know if you saw my flurry of excitement the other day about my book...
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