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While: Five Minute Friday

It’s been a while since I last joined my Five Minute Friday community. The fall is such a busy time for our family and so each moment to pause and write seems like a fleck of gold in a sea of rushing waters. This week our prompt is While. While I have been away myContinue reading “While: Five Minute Friday”

Remember God: A Book Review

Title: Remember God Author: Annie F. Downs Publisher: B & H Books Copyright: 2018 Author Annie F. Downs is raw and witty in this retelling of a year in her journey to discover the answer to the question: Is God kind? Beginning with her initial disappointment of being single in her mid-thirties, Annie sets out to embrace herContinue reading “Remember God: A Book Review”

Become: Five Minute Friday

It’s been a busy week in our household. Parent-Teacher conferences, field trips, sickness, and family commitments have made us into some busy people. I am so happy to be sitting down to write with my Five Minute Friday community this morning before kicking off a weekend that is equally as busy as my week. AsContinue reading “Become: Five Minute Friday”

View: Five Minute Friday

I made it to the end of my first week of school! It’s been exhausting, but so rewarding. I can already tell this year’s students are going to be a lot of fun. So far, 100% of them have participated and that type of engagement is hard to come by in a high school classroom.Continue reading “View: Five Minute Friday”

Deserve: Five Minute Friday

Happy Friday! Today, I am joining writers from all over the world for a Five Minute Friday link-up. For today’s link-up we are all writing on the common theme: Deserve. We are still in England today and finally out of our required quarantine! Since we were locked down on Father’s Day, we decided to treatContinue reading “Deserve: Five Minute Friday”

Where: Five Minute Friday

I’m snowed in for another day in Ohio. I would be going stir crazy if it wasn’t for the week I’ve had. Today I am thankful for more time at home. On Tuesday I awoke to my 11 month old having a seizure. SCARIEST FIVE MINUTES OF MY LIFE! The moments that followed her seizureContinue reading “Where: Five Minute Friday”

Cookies for Kairos

Serving alongside my family is one of my favorite things to do. Over the past week I’ve had several opportunities to work in the kitchen with both my true family and church family. Since last Sunday I’ve been blessed to be a part of the process of baking close to 200 dozen cookies for theContinue reading “Cookies for Kairos”

Influence: Five Minute Friday

I’m joining the weekly link-up at Five Minute Friday today. Each week we respond to a common prompt and encourage one another as writers who share our words with the world. This week our prompt is Influence. This year I’ve been working to refocus my writing goals. I’ve been influenced by bloggers I follow, authorsContinue reading “Influence: Five Minute Friday”

Balance: Five Minute Friday

It’s a chilly Friday night in Ohio and I’m bundled up in my fluffy robe, fuzzy socks, and fleece blanket. This was one of those weeks that lingered beyond its welcome. Tuesday felt like Friday and each day thereafter was salt in the wound. I’m so glad to jump in on this Five Minute FridayContinue reading “Balance: Five Minute Friday”

The Faith of a Child

Last Sunday as we were headed home from church my oldest daughter and I somehow landed on the topic of baptism. On a few occasions she witnessed others within our church as they declared to the congregation their new life in Christ. Her curious mind probed my husband and I, but before long she litContinue reading “The Faith of a Child”