Gladden The Heart

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 [...]

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 [...]

…to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel
…to speculate curiously or be curious about; be curious to know
–from www.dictionary.com

*Photo of lesson page from Godly Play Resources

I just wrote several paragraphs about the ins and outs of Godly Play–space, time, wondering, not letting fear dictate our decisions, etc. But I deleted it all. I’m kind of over rambling about it. For now.
It really is going to be fine. However, the decision our elders make with regards to this does make a [...]

“Don’t hang on too tightly to anything that isn’t the gospel…”
Those might not be the exact words our pastor used in his April 26 ‘09 sermon. But it was definitely along those lines. It’s a good sermon, so I might as well listen again to confirm the quote and to hear it all a second [...]

I have some work to do first, but there is a very long post brewing in my brain on the children’s ministry at our church.
For now, let’s think about this…
RMC’s use of Godly Play as a children’s curriculum on Sunday nights is more in line with the stated vision of the church than the typical [...]

Alright. That’s enough about Tim and me, our marriage, etc. Let’s move on…

Brian got some good shots of our babies when he was here. As we were walking out the back door on our way to take some pictures around our neighborhood, he caught them in their nest.

Then, when we returned to our house, we [...]

Our friend, Brian T. Murphy, recently photographed our family in our home and around our neighborhood. We wanted the shots to capture the essence of our ordinary lives and place, and after seeing the first few edited pictures, I think it’s safe to say that he accomplished that goal. There are more on the way, [...]