by Lisa-Jo | Apr 13, 2010 | Faith
Some mornings facing the day is scary. My heart races as I lie in bed, the alarm glowing green in the dark. It’s time to go. It’s time to peel myself up and out of the cocoon – blankets and baby boys’ soft yielding limbs that are tangled up in...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 4, 2010 | Faith
Christ is risen……………….He is risen indeed! Russian: ??????? ???????! ???????? ???????! Phonetically: Christos voskres!… Voistinu voskres! Afrikaans: Christus het opgestaan! Hy het waarlik opgestaan! German: Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaft auferstanden!...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 2, 2010 | Faith
What if Judas had been the hero of the story? What if Jesus’ courage and obedience had failed him? What if Father God had refused to give up his son? What if we had been left to fend for ourselves? OK, your turn. Click here to come and join me over at (In)...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 31, 2010 | Faith, Kids, Motherhood
I am not good at crafts. I am not the mom who will beautifully dye and decorate eggs or create an Easter tree. I admire Spring wreaths from afar and instead let my boys wallow in the Spring mud up close. I feel hopelessly inadequate in the face of all the remarkable...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 23, 2010 | Faith, Motherhood
Don’t worry, this post isn’t about potty training. Or about gastro intestinal bugs. You don’t have to be a mom to relate to this post. Because some days, I think, we all feel covered in ick. There’s the slimy goopy ick of worry that I feel my feet squishing around in....
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 21, 2010 | Faith, Kids
There’s a small, dirty sock in the hallway. It anchors me. No matter what storms of worry might rage. No matter how small the boat might seem. That smaller-yet-still sock anchors me. It anchors me to this And this in turn leads me hand-over-hand, down the...