“God’s grace is manifest in not letting us be content with anything but Him. Every hollow feeling in the heart is a catalyst to drive us to Him.”  -Paul Washer

Today a fellow blogger, Ruth at GraceLaced, be...

I believe it was in Gary Thomas' book "Sacred Marriage" where I read (something in the price-range of) "Marriage is the laboratory where Holiness is cultivated."  The idea was lodged into my brain even though it didn't seem to be my experience.  And then I had children and suddenly I found myself strapped into a straight-jacket lab-coat, in the laboratory where my own holiness is being cultivated.  And if that wasn't challenging enough, I ...

I've mentioned before that this is our first year homeschooling our boys.  It is also our first year being part of a Classical Conversations community and working through their rich curriculum.  For elementary aged, grammar stage children, a classical education primarily means memory work. "Pegs", that's what I've heard these memorized facts referred as.  Memory pegs are hung in place so that later, as the child's ability to understand inc...

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

(Isaac Newton)

I have a few very special GIANTS in my life, not the loathsome sort, but giants because of their enormous greatness.  Giants because of the magnitude of impact they have on my life.  And giants because they have given me per...

I have often said that the sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room... What people want is not the easy peaceful life that allows us to think of our unhappy condition, nor the dangers of war, nor the burdens of office, but the agitation that takes our mind off it and diverts us.  That is why we prefer the hunt to the capture.  That is why men are so fond of hustle and bustle; that is why prison is s...

There's such an emphasis on getting right now... at Christmas.  Goodness, there's an intense emphasis on getting every day in the lives of children and adults alike!  Get, get, get, get...  Even in this home. And especially, especially at Christmas.  

So I purposed this Christmas to give a monetary gift to someone that was larger than what I had budgeted for any little ...

One of my coming-of-age "ah-ha" moments happened late one night in a restaurant.  It was more like a super-club really; upstairs above a bar on Sunset strip.  I was waiting tables because too much time had passed since my last acting job and I needed money for rent and the basics.  So I grabbed a job waiting tables, knowing I'd only be there as long as it took to get me to the next string of acting gigs that would allow me stay afloat a while longer. ...

I'm sitting down at the keyboard now for just a few moments as the boys take their showers and get some clean holiday clothes on.  My two oldest are taking me to church this evening for a Christmas concert.  Well, technically I'm taking them, but I've told them they are taking me.

It hit me today how ready for Christmas I am.  I don't mean the cards (they are not addressed) or the ...

At 5:15 this morning my Grandpa went on to Heaven to be forever with his God.  Upon receiving the news of his passing I was immediately filled with Joy and Praise.  

"Praise God!"  I wrote in a letter to my Dad.

"Praise the Lord.