I love the  new-ness of a new year!  The promise of a fresh start, the opportunity to implement good habits, the chance to drop bad ones. It’s like a massive happy Monday, and I love it. But I realize not everyone feels this way.  I am, admittedly, a ridiculously easy person to excite. There can…

I love the Psalms.  They read a lot like our lives, if you’re honest about it. Moments of delight and loud exclamation of God’s astonishing goodness and mercy, and then those less joy-filled shout-outs, overflowing with despair and desperation. And they’re a sure place to find just the right words to express our heart’s cry…

The demands are never ending. Oh, how overwhelming it can feel.  The meals, the resulting dishes, the boo boos in need of band-aids, the hysterical toddler in need of attention, the precious husband (misplaced somewhere in the chaos) in need of attention, the never ending clean-up, and of course, the ever growing mountain of laundry….