Look at Your Life from This Interesting Perspective
I slept nary a wink the other night, and siphoning coffee from the pot was not cutting the kind of tired I was feeling. I was one step away from a bad mood, so I went downstairs and got cozy on the...
View ArticleDo This to Get Through A Big Change
Sometimes you wake up, and you know that big thing is happening today. You’ll take that first-day-of-school picture and walk your blondy, in her brand new Mary Janes, to kindergarten. Or you’ll open...
View ArticleA Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That’s for Real
He’s four. On the way home from his third day of preschool, he told me only two of the girls in his class like him and the rest don’t. “Oh, I bet they like you,” I say. “No, they don’t. They told me,”...
View ArticleNine Things I’m Thankful for Today
I cried on our drive to Libby yesterday, telling Matt how I can’t stop thinking about the 8000 Syrian refugees who have been landing on the shores of Greece every day for the last month. I keep...
View ArticleLeaning into Grateful as a Beauty Treatment
Beautiful people smile and thank God for things often instead of focusing on all that is wrong in life. It makes the face light up and forms happy wrinkles in just the right places. To save you money...
View ArticleHow to Survive The Next Hard Blow
What was that? His alarm? That was weird and way to early on a Sunday morning. No wait –it was his phone. “Caleb?” he said. “Caleb? I can barely hear you.” I was only getting one side of the...
View Article10 Reasons Why I Love Following Jesus
“When can we start listening to Christmas music?” a student asked. “After Thanksgiving and not a day before!” I barked. (Wow, don’t ask the teacher that question again.) No holiday jumping in this...
View ArticleA Sugary Tale of Enjoying The Lord’s Benefits
There are the great cathedrals of Europe and then there is Kalispell Krispy Kreme. My nephews were awake early on the morning I was tending to them, so I played the aunt and asked if they wanted to...
View ArticleBeing Thankful When Bad Happens
He called on his way home from fishing, but I could tell there was something wrong. “Well, I’ve got a flat tire,” he said. “Oh no. Where are you?” I asked. “Would you believe I’m just a few blocks...
View ArticleHow to Live in A Broken World
I published a segment of this post three years ago, but I have extended it and am sharing it again, because this message is on my heart. Pollyana is one of my favorite old movies. A young girl comes...
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