A Matter of Faith

Christmas Letter 2011

Christmas Letter 2011   After such a fun flurry of letter-writing last Christmas, I’m feeling a bit put upon to perform this year. You know, everything always has to get bigger and better—and more expensive—over time. Otherwise the economy is failing. Oh, wait, that’s another subject. But you see, while I was in a playful [...]

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Ideas for Purposeful Parenting

Ideas for Purposeful Parenting This ebook came together as a result of the talk I gave to the Mothers of PreSchoolers (MOPS) group.  I had so many ideas I wanted to share and of course, a limited amount of time to speak, so I decided to put them all down on paper. And wow, the [...]

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Purposeful Parenting

Purposeful Parenting Ever feel like you’re all alone as a mom? Join the club. Sometimes I feel like I must be the only mother in the world who has to deal with whatever-it-is-that-I’m-dealing-with. Odd club, isn’t it? A whole bunch of people who feel all alone…and yet, that’s exactly what parenting is like sometimes. Then you [...]

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Regarding Christmas

Regarding Christmas December, 2007 Merry Christmas! This well-known, and nowadays surprisingly controversial, greeting is about December 25. About making merry, opening gifts, and enjoying our family and friends, and that is as it should be. December 25th is a welcome bright spot in the darkest part of our year. Something fun and exciting to which [...]

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The Waffle Iron Lives Again

The Waffle Iron Lives Again May 26, 2008 I made waffles again this morning, and it reminded me that I need to write down this story and post it. I’m the sort of person who believes that things should work. You buy a lawn mower, it should work. The blender? It should work, too. I [...]

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The Miracle of Life

The Miracle of Life January 14, 2008 Even though it’s a little earlier than I like, this is the time of the year the baby goats start being born. Our first pair was born early this day, and thankfully, it was a balmy 30 degrees. Hey, that’s a lot better than 6. Last year, the [...]

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The Night of The Ice Storm

The Night of The Ice Storm January 31, 2008 There was supposed to be a really bad ice storm that night. A spring thunderstorm in the middle of winter, cold enough to make it icy instead of just rainy. I lay awake a long time listening to the strong winds beating the trees, feeling them [...]

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Be Sure to Take Your Vitamins

Be Sure to Take Your Vitamins Winter, 2007 Within the past couple of years our family has made the decision to improve our health using vitamins. Most specifically, we’ve increased our intake of vitamin C. I believe it has improved our immunity to most of winter’s ills and our overall good health. Problem is, taking [...]

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About My Faith

About My Faith Encouragement For a Journey of Faith In Writing a Christmas Letter in Times of Loss, I wrote about the value of having hope in something outside of our lives here on earth.  Belief in God and His gift of eternal salvation not only strengthens the Christian man and woman in times of [...]

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God Will Provide

God Will Provide It actually started shortly before January, when the first seed catalog arrived.  Instead of feeling excited and ready for the gardening season, I was dragging my feet, dreading the work involved. The crazy thing was, I was already writing gardening articles for an heirloom seed company, and my gardening friend and I [...]

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