2014 Reading List
Not much to offer this year as most of my reading was from textbooks for my MBA work. That is one of the things I miss the most about life not in grad school mode–reading books of my own choosing from...
View ArticleA Scriptural Stream of Consciousness Based on Psalm 23
First, I take absolutely no credit for this; it is the work of my husband. One night when he couldn’t sleep he got up, and in the wee hours of stillness and darkness, he wrote this. The LORD is my...
View ArticleJason – 7
Dearest Jason, You bring joy and laughter to our home every single day with the sparkle in your eye, your silliness, and your constant singing, even while eating. You amaze us with your love for God...
View ArticleGuatemala 2015 – Musings and Observations
My husband I and just returned from a whirlwind tour of Guatemala, our 2015 international trip. We only had eight days in the country due to my grad school schedule, but it was a fabulous trip. Here...
View ArticleFaby
Matthew, me, Erlin – Flores, Guatemala While in Guatemala a few days ago, I was reading through two required summer reading books for the faculty at my school. Both were on innovation in education,...
View ArticleI Have Called You to This, I Will See You Through It
TNU graduation, May 2015 I’m 42. I have a full-time job. I have a family. Most people who know me would say that I am busy enough as it is with my “normal” life (whatever “normal” looks like these...
View ArticleEntering the Teenage Years
Caleb, You’re a teenager! (Though you’ve been eating like one for a while now.) You are almost taller than me, but I am still faster and stronger and smarter. And, I can drive and you can’t. At...
View Article2015 Reading List
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert The Five...
View ArticlePursuing Creativity
The following is a devotion I gave to the graduating senior class at my school yesterday. Among the members was a group of seven students I have had the honor of “advising” for the past four years....
View ArticleCowboy Poetry
My eldest is in 8th grade, and as part of their English curriculum, students composed a rhyming poem to go along with their study of “Peace Like a River” by Leif Enger. Each class recited their poems...
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