A friend tells a story of being a little boy and having an ice cream cone in the back of the old family Cadillac on a hot summer day.
My Lenten Observation This Year
“You are always rushing and irritated.” The words from my car radio jarred me out of a busy day hurriedly dropping off and picking up […]
Remember
I hope you can hear me as I say, ‘Remember, you are so very loved.’
Make an Impact
As one does, I found myself discussing ‘the best rappers ever’ with my 13-year-old on the way home the other day.
Extra-Ordinary Love
On this Feast of the Epiphany, a day marked by an exceptional act of adoration, I wonder how we mark our ordinary days together? What are our everyday habits? What lengths do we go to honor the ordinary goodness in our lives?
Marking Milestones on Feast of the Holy Name
We mark today as a new beginning. We have left 2023 and are launching into 2024, likely with an abundance of intentions, feelings, and hopefully… hope.
Slowing Down for Advent with Young Children
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in our modern world, are a source of delighted excitement, building anxiety, and abject stress for so many families.
Happy Feed, Happy Thanksgiving
I’m the type of person that takes lots of pictures on my phone.
Is the building important?
The older my children get, the more I feel we need to bring the church to them.
Looking ahead to Advent
Now that my kids are in 7th and 9th grades, I’m trying to be realistic about how we will slow down and engage Advent as a family because we have a lot less time in the afternoon and evenings than we did a decade ago.