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Echoes
Another post I’m moving over from my old blog, Windscraps. This one is from April, 2005. Zac was only two when we started our goat adventure. No doubt, that played a big part in our decision to name the two brother goats “Grover” and “Elmo.” I have no idea why we named the third “Mama Goat,” unless it was the fact that she was old enough to have given birth to the other two. Or maybe our brains were tuckered. Mama Goat had horns – sharp, scary horns. I liked her fine when I went out alone to feed her, and didn’t give her pointy weapons a second thought, but…
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Bondslave
I’ve been looking over my old blog (Windscraps) and noticed that a few are disappearing. Who knows how these things happen? Before they all disappear, I think I’ll move a few here to save. This one is a snapshot of life back on January 3, 2005. I had big plans for today. With Christmas vacation over, the kids would be going back to school, and I intended to put Phil Keaggy’s “Beyond Nature” in the CD player, pour myself an extra-large mug of hazelnut-laced coffee and work until noon on my second book. Plans change. My daughter woke with the flu; she’s lying now on the couch with her pillow…
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Renew Your Awe (Part 3)
After I published the second video in the series, “Renew Your Awe,” a friend commented and asked, “Perhaps you would consider a video of HOW to focus on God when spending time alone with Him. I struggle with distractions during devotion time.” Well, Suzanne, you are not alone! All of us struggle with distractions from time to time (or more often than not). The opposite of “distracted” is “focused.” But just telling yourself, “be focused!” pretty much never works. What does work is reading with a purpose. Instead of skimming along as you go through a passage, interact with it by asking yourself, “How would I categorize this verse?” For…
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Can you make a feral cat love you?
We’ve had not one, but three feral cats lately who come by and wander through our courtyard. I uploaded this YouTube video when the first one made its appearance.
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Renew Your Awe – Part 2
Part two of a series on How to Renew Your Awe of God.
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Renew Your Awe – Part 1
Last summer I spent some time with a friend who was going through a time of despondency. She just couldn’t seem to pull herself out of her sadness, although there wasn’t any one thing in particular making her sad. But she also admitted her focus had been on herself, and she hadn’t spent much time in prayer or in the Word. After our conversation, I thought about how easy it is to spiral when we’ve wandered a bit from God. As I do so often when I’m processing something, I started writing down my thoughts. And when I looked at the many pages I ended up with, I realized it…
