by Lisa-Jo | Aug 17, 2010 | Faith
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said… Who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb? Where were you when I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band? And I placed boundaries on it And set...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 16, 2010 | Faith, Family
We dip and dive between hot, sticky air and cool, blue water surfacing only for pizza and friendship. Kids in matching swimsuits and chlorine stained eyes grin like guppies and their parents lean into the water and let it wash the week from off tired shoulders. The...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 12, 2010 | (in)courage, Blogging, Faith, Giveaways, Uncategorized
I’ve lived on three different continents in the last ten years. And I’m learning that home is much more than four walls and a familiar neighborhood. Home is the God who understands each of the unique languages, thoughts, hopes and dreams of our individual hearts....
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 9, 2010 | Faith, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
There’s a question I keep turning over and over in my mind. For weeks now I have held it in my hands. I flip it over, I turn it this way and that, I rub away at its edges. I feel it growing smoother and more well worn with time. Like the pebble stuck in a shoe. It is...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 29, 2010 | Blogging, Faith
There have been days lately when I’ve felt like a crazy person at the center of a three ring circus of my own making. What I can’t figure out is if I am called to be at the center of the big top right now or if I stumbled in by accident. Either way I find...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 27, 2010 | Faith, Family, South Africa, Travel
He made me buzz off all his locks yesterday. I thought I would be heart broken. But instead I discovered my brother. Underneath all those curls, there was Luke staring back at me. All the strong, sturdy lines of a face I’ve known since 1981. There it was today,...
