Reality…Gratitude…Space for God

Reality…Gratitude…Space for God

Even before I became a follower of Christ, I knew what my biggest sin was (as if there’s a “small, bigger, biggest” chart of sins—but you know what I mean): I was the kid who was always looking around at everyone else and pointing out what I didn’t have. My friend got...
Reality…Gratitude…Space for God

Wrangling Monkeys

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against...
Reality…Gratitude…Space for God

Capax Kitchen

Reflections on Making Room for a New Kitchen A few years ago we started dreaming of the possibility of renovating our 1970’s kitchen. Last fall we pulled the trigger and ordered the new cabinets. So exciting! Early in January, we started demolition (yes, we’re doing...
Reality…Gratitude…Space for God

Let It Go

When our daughter was growing up, she hated birthdays. While the presents were fun, she would often cry, lamenting that her age number had changed. She mourned the loss of her clothes that she had outgrown and felt that throwing anything away was a betrayal. Even at...