Advent: The Ancient Practice of Patience
As a child, my family had one Advent calendar we used for years. It featured a nativity with twenty-four paper […]
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The Time it Takes: Trusting with Saint Thomas
It takes the time it takes, I heard the speaker say.
Perfect Love
The voices in my head were getting louder. The ones that all mothers know. My daughter whispered tentatively through my closed bedroom door, “Mama. I’m hungry.” Again? I thought, “Just a minute.”
Good Book Club: A Beginning
Tonight one of my boys burst into tears just as I grabbed the bible to start our reading of Romans. He had just remembered that he lost his homework that is due tomorrow and half-way finished.* I took a deep breath. “We’ll find it buddy, it is time to read Romans now.”
When It’s Time to Wait
What do you do when you feel empty, and the voice in your head is completely silent?