growth
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the state of our garden
I’ve got a little good news/bed news situation going here. The good news is that the garden is still ON. The bad news is that the seeds we used for my son’s science fair project are the same seeds that I bought for the garden and Ryan isn’t so sure the seed quality wasn’t to Continue reading
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what I learned in february
Today I’m linking up with Emily P. Freeman at Chatting at the Sky to share what we learned in February. Here’s what Emily has to say about the practice: “At the end of every month, we have a regular practice here of looking back before moving forward. While some of the deeper, more in-process things I Continue reading
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all the right moves
It pains me to say that on Monday, my son is going to have to walk into his agricultural science class at co-op and turn in a tri-folded project board and some printed up data from a science fair project that yielded exactly no conclusion and no results. It started out so well. We had Continue reading
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the difference between winning and trying
A few weeks ago, my two older children participated in the local level Scripps Spelling Bee. They were competing among students grades 1-8, so I knew, at grades 3rd and 5th, they would have their work cut out for them in order to beat out fourteen year old Bee veterans. They knew this going into Continue reading
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the state of our garden
It’s true that there are countless connections and applications that can be made between our spiritual lives and the theme of growth, nurture, food, nourishment and life. That’s why I’m documenting here the successes, failures and most importantly, the progress of our gardening endeavor this spring. We are no strangers to gardening. We had one every Continue reading
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confessions of a pastor’s wife
I am a big fan of Sundays, of church-going, of Sabbath-keeping and of the fellowship of the saints. In fact, I could probably count on my fingers and toes the times I have ever missed church. I grew up going every week because my parents were faithful laypersons who served in Sunday school, church Continue reading
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sharing our stories
“It’s a living book, this life: it folds out in a million settings, cast with a billion beautiful characters…” “And so my prayer is that your story will have involved some leaving and some coming home, some summer and some winter, some roses blooming out like children in a play. My hope is your story Continue reading
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failure to thrive
I have a plant that is stressing me out. One of my goals for this year was to grow some stuff. We are working toward a family garden all the way from seed to plate. In addition to that, I want to learn the art of keeping a few houseplants alive. I know this is Continue reading
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book report: chapter 1 (january)
I ended last year with some very specific goals for myself in 2015. One of those goals was to read more. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to make one gigantic list, I am going to post a monthly book report of what I’ve been reading. And instead of just listing the Continue reading
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