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Lenten Reflections (Part Two): “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
I’ve taken a picture of each of my kids every day of their lives. Most days I’ve taken far more than one picture, and some days I’m scrambling to grab a single ...
Lenten Reflections (Part One)
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the Christian holy day that marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent. Perhaps you are very much aware of yesterday’s significance because you celebrated the day ...
Good & Gracious!
I walked through the church lobby, a twin’s hand in each of mine, baby strapped to my chest. Nico napped contentedly in the carrier, and Kali and Sully eagerly filled me in ...
Lately || February 2025
I know that February is the shortest month, but this February felt especially brief—especially after a January that dragged. We were home more than the usual amount this February due to recurrent ...
Featured Book Review: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
One of my favorite ways to reflect on and embrace my One Word for each year is through books. My Word for 2025 is Shepherd, and I kicked off my Shepherd-related reading ...
What I Learned This Winter About New Ventures, Early Bedtimes, Expectations, and Returning to Treasured Practices
At the start of the year, when I returned to a more consistent blogging schedule and began making plans for what my content would look like in the coming months, I automatically ...
Looking for God and Redefining Love (A different kind of Valentine’s Day post.)
I sometimes wonder why God doesn’t make Himself more obvious. It’s not that He hasn’t done quite a bit of that already: creation testifies to His existence; Scripture proclaims His deity; amd ...
Throwback to 1925: 28 Centennial Facts, in Honor of my Grandmother
If you read my last Lately post, you know that January 30 would have been my maternal grandmother’s 100th birthday. Born in Kempton, Germany, in 1925, Alwine Dietel Obergefell didn’t have an ...
A Few Things That Are Saving My Life This Winter
Last week Charleston let me know that he was done with winter. In fact, he said, he really never wants anything to do with winter once his birthday is over. His birthday ...