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The Great Advent – The King Is Born
The Pattern of Scripture Advent.If you look back to its Latin origin, you’ll find it means “to c...
2 Samuel – The Fangs of Bitterness: Two Men Who Show Us How To Avoid The Poison
2 Samuel is a continuation of 1 Samuel and mostly focuses on the reign of King David. If you’d lik...
A Decade of Homeschool – The Most Common Questions
This fall kicks off our tenth year of homeschooling! I am far from an expert but a decade of this li...
1 Samuel – The Prophetic Lullaby
The books of Samuel are historical narratives like many others in the Old Testament. A fun fact is t...
The Suffering Tree – Trembling Branches and Secure Roots
Lament is not the absence of praise. It is simply the path through pain to praise....
Echos in the Valley
I recently found myself in the garden, tending to some flowering bushes I have attempted to grow ove...
Ruth – Barren Wombs and Barley Fields
What an incredible story God gave us in the book of Ruth! I want to start off by saying that there a...
God’s Astounding Sovereignty in Broken Bodies and Hurting Hearts
And on my knees, gently shaking CJ’s unresponsive body and between my sobs begging him to wake up,...
Judges- Looking for Hope When the World Gets Darker
Judges is a constant downward spiral of Israel in every way. The judges themselves display this them...
Joshua- Prostitutes and Promises
Joshua is an exciting book. It follows the death of Moses and the rebellious generation of Israel th...
Holding Onto Hospitals and Hope
The last month has been nothing like I planned. We spent almost half a year preparing for a major sp...
Deuteronomy – Engraved On Your Hand
Deuteronomy is the last of the five books in the Torah. They have chronicled the beginning of the wo...
Numbers- Where Justice and Mercy Balance the Scale
Thus far, on our journey through the Old Testament, Numbers has been by far the hardest to prepare f...
Mary Magdalene- When The Claws of Fear Are Defeated with Faith
Mary. Mary Magdalene stands outside the empty tomb. The disciples have looked in the tomb, and findi...
The Suffering Table
God has repeatedly brought a verse to mind over the last few weeks. He was despised and rejected by ...
Leviticus – God’s painting of His Holiness
Instead of narrowing in on a specific law or passage in this book, let’s examine some lenses to us...
Triggers and Therapy
Our culture and social media are flooded with language that would have baffled the population a mere...
Broken Seashells and Shattered Reflections
Brokenness. It’s a word I have carried in my chest for several years now. It’s a word I see when...
Exodus
Glory and Goodness Exodus is the second book in the Bible. It picks up right where Genesis ended. Ab...
Genesis
God cuts the covenant with Abram Genesis is a fascinating book. It is the first book of the Bi...
Tearing off the Roof
Our kids spend a large portion of their days dancing and singing (read: screaming) along to music pl...
Holding Torches and Pushing Wheelchairs
Hospitals have become a bit of a second home for us. As a child, I didn’t have much exposure to me...
The Basics of Loving a Traumatized Child
Childhood and trauma is a sobering paring of words. Events painful enough to cause a wound to the mi...
Walking Each Other Home
As the calendar pages fall and the years seem to pass quicker, I visualize life as a journey. I have...
Adoption Memories July 2015
Learning to Laugh One year ago today, Little Man’s case was brought before a judge on the othe...
Adoption Memories – 9 months home 2015
Always Victorious Little Man has been home for 9 months now. I marvel at the changes we see in...
Adoption Memories – 8 months home 2015
Then they will be brave and free… Little Man has been in our arms for just over 8 months now. ...
Adoption Memories – 6 months home 2015
Sanctification Hello, friends! Tomorrow will mark 6 months since Gotcha Day for Little Man! Th...
Adoption Memories – December 2014
The Light of the World Today is 4 months since Gotcha Day! It honestly feels like an eternity ...
Adoption Memories- 3 Months Home 2014
You Make Beautiful Things We have been home with Little Man for just over three months now. I ...
Adoption Memories – One Month Home 2014
One Month Home Today Little Man has been home for one whole month! I can’t believe how f...
Adoption Memories – Two Weeks Home
Two weeks home Well, I had every intention of blogging each day that we were in country, and updatin...
Adoption Memory- Pickup Trip Day 1
Day 1 Good morning! Or good evening…I’m not entirely sure which time zone I am addressin...
Adoption Memories- Preparing for Pick Up 2014
Preparing our Hearts We are counting down the DAYS until we leave to go get Little Man. Baby G...
Adoption Memory – Trip 1 March 2014
The Waiting Well it has been an incredibly long time since I have updated the blog. Don’...
Adoption Memory – January 2014
Toes in the Water Apparently I have been slacking in keeping this blog up-to-date! As of yeste...
Adoption September 2013
What’s Next? Now that we are officially committed to our son, we keep getting asked, R...
Adoption – August 2013 part 2
Hello My Name Is… What LOVE the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called Hi...
Adoption August 2013
BIG NEWS! We have a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! That’s right, this is THE announcement! Yesterday...
Adoption- July 2013
A coincidence? We went for our physicals and blood work today. When our agency and home study ...
The Beginning of Our Adoption Story – 2013
To Belong and Be Loved “Every child has a dream to belong and be loved.” ~ Audio Adrenal...
Old Testament Importance
The Bible is divided into two primary sections- the Old Testament and the New Testament. The N...
What is Trauma?
Trauma. It’s the new cultural buzzword. As it gains traction in popularity, it carries with it ben...
