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Book spine poetry
Jean tagged me in a fun meme. The challenge is to form a poem from a series of book spines from your shelf.I started with this nonsensethen with someI built thisIf this is a manThe good soldier; the...
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Psalm 80
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm.1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock.You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.2...
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I'm never sure when I'll get a chance to push thoughts through to a published post. In case it takes a while, and in case you also read Psalm 80 and wondered what on earth it is about, you might like...
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Unpacking suitcases and the infinity of God
I always take a while to unpack after being away. When I finally do, the bottom of the empty case shocks me. I procrastinate so long, feeling quite convinced that there is no point starting the...
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If you came home from church discouraged...
When Christians do things together in public, it is often uninspiring, cringe worthy, embarrassing, weak, fractured and mediocre. Sometimes far worse. But the Bible closes with pictures of the church...
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Lifestyle coveting
I find food, homes, design and bodies quite fascinating. There are plenty of ways to feed the fascination in front of the screens which litter my life. There are many shades of good and bad bound up...
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Wow, the gaps between my posts are getting wider! Lots to do around here these days and a lot of good things being done to me. But not much left in the tank or on the clock for reading and writing.I'm...
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video HT Cactus and OliveAlly set our family on a fun little path this week. We might have a go at building a Little Free Library to set out the front of our house. We live on a corner where there is a...
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Building a little library
When evening comes and the children are asleep, I am tired. Weary of thinking and communicating, I am finding it very hard to read and write. If I am not doing housework or stumbling down the hallway...
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Mother fatigue
I've mentioned recently how full the days are and how tired I am when they end. There are plenty of tired people in the world. God has been very gracious to give me children, so I am thankful to be...
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Losing or gaining when Jesus appears
When Jesus appears, will you be saying goodbye to everything you love and long for? Or will you gaining what you want most? It's what I've been asking myself.2 Timothy 4:6-9, Paul knows he will die...
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Colossians with kids
For years now, I've had a morning tea and Bible time tradition with my children. It's very basic. We've recently finished Genesis 1-12 which has helped us think and talk about God, humanity and the...
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Kids in Colossians (1)
I thought it might be nice to document the general shape of our Colossians reading experience. I haven't planned out what we'll do, we're just taking small bites and seeing what happens. We're reading...
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We've started reading Colossians for morning tea and Bible time. The next little bit of Colossians 1:1-2 is, "May God our Father give you grace and peace."We read it and asked:What is grace?Favour God...
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Little library launched!
Our little library has been on the street and open for use for more than a week now. We finally have some people we don't know using it! It certainly is making passers-by grin and neignbours wave. We...
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Impoverished by giving?
I have been feeling some of the cost of home educating recently. There are relationships and opportunities I am not free to pursue. It is a classic case of being finite. Choosing to do one thing means...
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Broken families & Jesus, my brother
I am trying to track down some of the cost felt in broken families. The breakage looks different as the years go by. Some people are marred by their own choices; others by the conditions inherited from...
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Giving in to motherhood
"I don't know how you do it!"I'm sure everyone with more than two children hears that regularly. Four is not a large number of children, but at least where I live, it seems worthy of comment. Add home...
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Kids in Colossians (3)
I'm still reading Colossians with the kids over morning tea. I am a bit behind in documenting it though! I am enjoying just reading a verse or two with them and the children telling it back to me in...
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Still here, just expanding behind the scenes
Blogging, among many other things, has halted in recent months. I have been extremely busy attempting to lay on the couch all day for months. I am just coming out of the early stages of growing our...
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