Fall is coming. I know because I wore a three-quarter sleeve top to work today instead of a short-sleeved one. And because even though it warmed up into the 80s midday today, by the time I left the library around 5:30 the air felt pleasantly cool, and shadows already stretched long across the campus. And […]
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Evening Walk
When supper is over and dishes are done, when summer twilight drifts over the world outside…I take a walk. I’ve only passed a few houses before my stomach relaxes and I take a deep breath. Somehow out here, in the gentle coolness after the muggy heat of the day, in the quietness of a tree-lined […]
Waiting, Part 2
Read Part 1 here. Today marked our first dress rehearsal for Seussical Jr. My heart swelled with gratitude as I listened to our Horton lead in prayer at the beginning of rehearsal and watched him and our Mr. Mayor throw themselves into their parts. It has been several weeks now since God brought them to […]
Father’s Day
“Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.” ~Psalm 103:13-14 Tomorrow my sister and I will teach our Pre K-Kindergarten Sunday School Class a lesson on God’s mercifulness. The lesson […]
Spring
“When [Aslan] shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.” ~ C.S. Lewis I miss spring living here in southern California. We don’t experience spring here in the way other places do. A few trees put out new leaves—but most have been green all winter long. A few more flowers bloom—but we had roses in […]