Splendor in the Ordinary

This nice weather has led to many hours outdoors and the children have loved making fairy houses:   Inspired by the book Fairy Houses ...

Charlotte Mason writes, "Never be within doors when you can rightly be without." With this warm weather, we've tried taking he...

Andy Crouch posted this on Culture Making saying, " “A visual exploration of the moments that define our lives, suffused with grief,...

We have struggled in our attempt to observe Sabbath as a family . At times, it has been difficult to stop just because the calendar says...

For this Sabbath, a bit of Gerard Manley Hopkins: — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,  Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eye...

I continue to mull over these lines that I came across today as I read Jean Vanier's The Broken Body in preparation for a Sunday sc...

This rainy Monday began with us all feeling out of sorts. In our house it is rare that we all are tired and grumpy on the same day for...

Having moved from the mid-west to the mid-Atlantic, we can hardly believe the amount of rain we get here. My husband, a lover of all weather...

It seems the time we have alone is so rare now. Good Husband and I. Three little ones demand our attention continually. Limited babysitting ...

Psalm 106 (ESV, but at times paraphrased from my journal): 1 Praise the Lord ! Oh give thanks to the Lord , for he is good, for his steadfa...

On leaving behind an old self and finding I like the new self better. I used to try to get everything done. Used to think I could. I w...

This grace-filled song has been brightening our rainy day! Hope you enjoy as much us we have!

"Have you ever been up at five o'clock on a fine summer morning? It is very beautiful. The sunlight is pinky and yellow, all the gr...

To My Love Upon the Occasion of our 10th Anniversary: Swearing our marriage would endure down the years with fortitude for pain and faith fo...

The baby has been waking up very early and I can't get her to go back to sleep. And I still get up once in the night to feed her too, so...