A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
Have you seen those memes labeled Expectation vs. Reality? There is a Pinterest-perfect image or video clip contrasted with a laughable real-life disappointment. This past year has felt like that that for me, without the humor. My dearest dreams have been delayed with decreasing opportunity for fulfillment. My hopes have been deferred and all my [...]
I am a gracious garden queen. My words bring life. Sprouts leaf and green. I raise one up, I cut one low, Instruct the vines which way to grow. Break up the quarrels, bind lovers, Entwine the roses in bowers, Cast out the rebels from the plot, Refresh their thirst, remove the rot. There’s dirt [...]
“Look what I brought, Miss Barnwell.” I looked up from entering attendance on my computer and made eye contact with the impish painted eyes of a 10-inch doll. It was sitting in a coy pose, hugging its knees, inside an enormous glass pickle jar. I eventually regained the mental strength to break eye contact and [...]
Romans is clear that sin was passed down to the human race through Adam. However, most people will quickly remember that Adam wasn’t the first human to disobey God. Eve disobeyed first. I recently read a few literary retellings of the story of Adam and Eve. I read Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (a fantasy/science fiction [...]
A few months ago, I had a family over for hot chocolate and cookies at Christmas time. I am good friends with the parents and their three kids are preschool and elementary age. They brought a yardstick to measure my Christmas tree. =) The kids had fun drinking their hot chocolate out of teacups (with [...]
He is risen. This year, during the good Friday service and Easter morning service, I found myself looking around the audience a lot. I don't think this was distracting from worship. In fact, it inspired my worship. I watched families, couples, and singles (some I've known forever and some I've never met). Of course, the [...]
“Singleness is a gift,” a dear friend recently told me. Because this is something I hear so often, I want to share my perspective as a single. Whether you believe singleness is a gift or not, I would encourage you at least to think carefully before saying so to a single. (I already had an [...]
More than a year ago, I participated in an online conference through The Rabbit Room. My favorite session was when professional artists individually started a work of art and then passed it on to someone else to finish. They also finished another person's art, creating a circle of collaboration. This January, I invited several ladies [...]
"Spare us, gentle queen!" Yellow-headed rogues grovel. "Fie! Off with their heads!"
I recently listened to a podcast on The Literary Life in which the hosts discussed Dorothy Sayer’s essay “Are Women Human?.” This led me to read the essay for myself. “Are Women Human?” makes the case that women need to have meaningful work because they are humans and God created all humans to work. Some [...]
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