Gladden The Heart

Happy day! I just ordered some raised garden beds from The Backyard Pantry. I met the owners, John and Karen, at the Pepper Place Market on Saturday and was immediately won over by their genuine passion for equipping others with everything they need for their gardening journey.Riley and Brady are thrilled about our new project. [...]

Yesterday morning Tim, Riley, Brady, and I walked to Cornerstone, our new school. Some people from our community were there painting and doing repairs and we thought we might be able to jump in and help out for a little while. Soon after arriving, Tim and I realized we needed to get our children away [...]

My friend recently posted some thoughts on her blog about her and her husband’s decision to send their daughter to Cornerstone School.
In March I wrote a bit here about education and how Tim and I were mostly sure we would be sending Riley and Brady to Cornerstone for the upcoming school year. It became official [...]

By Bonnie Thurston National Catholic Reporter, 6/20/2003
In rare moments when I am home to myself, my heart is still, my pulse a psalm I know obscurely I receive my life from a power beyond me, live by a life not my own.
This morsel [...]

It’s time to be more intentional about exposing my kids to music–starting with this list from Rolling Stone.
Riley and Brady know and enjoy some of these artists, but they had never heard of Michael Jackson. That’s kind of sad.

The “Seven Things I’ve Already Done Today and It’s Only 10:00am” Version
1) While running errands listened to very good music on the radio. Love Reg’s shows. You can catch him here on weekday mornings, and on his fabulous Sunday show from 10am-2pm.
2) While running errands had some very good conversations with my children. I loved [...]

My neighbor also posted about Woodlawn United Methodist Church this week.
She included some links to the church’s website that has pictures of the building, sanctuary, and stained glass windows.
Thanks, Lisa, for letting me know about your beautiful blog.

The coming of the Spirit of Jesus into the world…
“It is the celebration of God breaking through the boundaries of time and space and opening the whole world for the re-creating power of love. Pentecost is freedom, freedom of the Spirit to blow where it wants.
Without Pentecost the Christ-event–the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus–remains [...]

The “Parenting” version:
1. My children don’t need me to be a perfect mom. When I fail them and disappoint them, it is a good reminder for all of us that they need Jesus to be their Jesus.
2. Loving my kids well will oftentimes look very different from how parenting is portrayed in our culture, the [...]

Mission Accomplished…

I got it from here… And, they made it.
Dee and Joe carry great bags and they are always very helpful. Probably too helpful…