Generosity

Y’all, I learn so much about life and living as a Christian from my little salsa garden.  I haven’t been a long-time gardener; I only started gardening a few years ago. I like to learn

Yikes! I’m More Prideful Than I Thought

Andrew Murray wrote, “Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest

Independence, Parenting, and True Freedom

One of our daughters is really independent. I mean, REALLY independent. I have said to her many times, “You are independent to a fault.” Now, don’t get me wrong, we are trying to raise our

Thy Kingdom Come and Productivity

I love the word productive. In fact, I use it a lot with my kids. Are you doing something productive? Find something productive to do. Is that productive? What have you done today that’s productive?

The Silently Noisy Christmas Night

Was Christmas night silent, or not? One carol sings about how this “holy night” was calm and bright, radiant beams of heavenly peace, “glories streaming from heaven afar,” while another captures the cries of a

Remembering Our Greatest Daily Witness

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and