living in light of eternity
So Michael (my husband) is a council member over at GCL, and they've invited me to write for their blog time to time. This month the focus is politics, so (PoliSci geek here), I was happy to oblige. When we read the New Testament in present day America, it is always with a degree... Continue Reading →
Last week we took the kids to a great second hand bookstore called 2nd and Charles. It was vast. Since they weren't bound to recent bestsellers, we found all kinds of treasures that Barnes and Noble doesn't stock and the library has forgotten. I found a great copy of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, and my sweet... Continue Reading →
Shall I tell you about two of my favorite things? One is a good mystery. Two is to-die-for pie. That "to-die-for" part is where they come together: Diane Mott Davidson, who writes "culinary mysteries" set close by in Colorado, includes recipes in her books. Her sleuth, you see, is a caterer by day. Anyway, Davidson's... Continue Reading →
It's the first week back. That means we're still eating breakfast -- the good kind, with fruit and waffles and mmmm, bacon. We can still locate sharpened pencils (though we did somehow misplace a book on Monday. Monday, people. The first day. Not to worry, it turned up, obviously, in the closed, dusty, cabinet under... Continue Reading →
I am profoundly, deeply, absolutely and only human. No surprise there, right? But I think there are a lot of people who are confused on this point. You see them all around — outraged, entitled, critical, and despondent. People who expect other people to part around them like they’re Moses crossing the Red Sea. (Although,... Continue Reading →
My sweet friend Heidi Treibel joins us today. I asked her for permission to share this beautiful story, knowing that many of you can relate. These are her words. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a... Continue Reading →
Lately I've been wondering: How does God speak? How does God speak to you? Does He speak the same way to everyone? Did He speak the same way to everyone in days of old? Is Scripture the only way God speaks? How can God speak through Scripture when it’s not in front of us? If we... Continue Reading →
Ahhh... books. Summer's here, and for a lot of people, that means a stack of paperbacks and a beach towel. As always, I used my summer birthday to get a small pile of wanna-read, need-to-read, and gotta-read titles; the only problem is deciding what to tackle first! Tim Challies' blog has a fantastic 2016 reading challenge... Continue Reading →
Camping is when the weatherman said 65 degrees but the thermometer says 35, or the weatherman said 70 degrees but the thermometer says one hundred and freaking fifty two. Camping is when you lay aside all of your modern conveniences and hearken back to the day of lugging water, rubbing sticks together, and peeing in... Continue Reading →
It should have been a disaster. We’d driven so far, spent so much money on this mini-vacation, the list of fun activities (hiking, lighthouses, waterfalls) all outdoors. But it was so, so wet. Rain — the fat kind, the drip-down-your-collar kind — and fog — a thick wooly blanket that hid everything — conspired against... Continue Reading →
Catherine's Letters 