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29 April 2023
Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...
The Secret Garden
by Francis Hodgson Burnett What an excellent book! A bossy, spoiled girl named Mary is living in India...
Accused of Being a ‘Becky’ While Minding My Own Business
I pass by the local middle school on my run route every morning. Yesterday, I ran by as they were doing...
The Mustard Seed
Matthew 13: 31-32, Mark 4: 30-32, Luke 13: 18-19 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It...
The Wheat and the Weeds
Matthew 13: 24-30 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but...
How to Broach Difficult Subjects with a Husband: an Absurd Fiction
I’ve tried several methods of broaching difficult subjects with my husband over the course of our marriage. I’ve tried talking to him directly about...
The Sower
Matthew 13:1-9, Mark 4: 1-9, Luke 8: 4-8 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so...
Take Them a Meal, They Said. It Will Be Fun, They Said.
On occasion I’d see sign-ups to take new moms a meal in my mom’s group but I never participated for two reasons: I had a very hairy dog and was...
The Builders
Matt 7: 24-27 Luke 6: 47-49 “Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ...
The Parables Project Introduction
One Easter, I bought a children's book of the New Testament parables to read aloud to the kids. All went well until they started asking questions. ...
Sometimes Lent Comes Looking for You
The first couple of Lents after my reversion to the Catholic faith were pretty intense. I undertook fasting diets that would have made Gandhi look...
In which I comment on a Magnificat cover
I love this painting of Moses! He looks so based! "Yes I am a man wearing both pink and lavender. Say something. I dare you. I can snap you like a...