by Lisa-Jo | Feb 12, 2014 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, South Africa
There are days it’s easy to feel lost in a grown up’s life. And that your routine of Cheerios and dishes, car pool, cubicles, commuter traffic and laundry distance you from ministry. From being a change maker. A loud speaker hailer. A faith trail blazer. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 27, 2014 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory
Every day I wake up knowing by the time I crawl back into bed with my laptop, a book or a favorite movie I will have learned more than I bargained for. I will be tired in every part of me. I will feel stretched out and squishy. I will often be frustrated that no one...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 6, 2014 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
We were in the middle of a snow ball fight outside Gedney hall my senior year of college when he said it. Justin Myers said to me, “No fair if you turn sideways, ’cause then you’re an invisible target.” While everyone else laughed it took me a...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 2, 2014 | Eating Scripture, Faith
Of course there are one hundred things I’d like to do differently. But there’s this one that keeps coming back like a nagging, desperate voice that I can’t tune out anymore. The kids are still getting up at 6 in the morning with jet lag and...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 23, 2013 | Christmas, Faith, South Africa
It’s 110 degrees in the shade. I can feel the sweat running down between my shoulder blades. This is Christmas in South Africa. At the Romotsi “Good News Club.” I stand between Lesedi and my dad and tell those kids with the bright faces that we’re here...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 19, 2013 | Christmas, Faith, Family, South Africa
We’re standing out at the edge of the hot, hard, beautiful, quiet South African world, when he says it, “Most families only look peaceful on the surface, you know.” It’s day four since we touched down at Johannesburg International Airport after...
