interview with ashleigh slater, author of team us: marriage together
Today I'm thrilled to welcome Ashleigh Slater, author of Team Us: Marriage Together. I've had the privilege of getting to know Ashleigh online over the past three years, through her role as the founder and editor of Ungrind Webzine. Ashleigh and her husband Ted...
five minute friday :: tell
Welcome to Five Minute Friday! I'm so thrilled you're here. As you may have heard, last week was my first week hosting this amazing community, after the fabulous Lisa-Jo Baker founded Five Minute Friday and hosted it on her blog for the past four years. And...
fall in love with the world next door
For five years, I didn't have a tumble dryer. My washing machine was in my kitchen, as most washing machines are, in the more developed parts of South Africa, right under the counter next to the sink. If I'd ever decided that I wanted a dishwasher, the...
I’m a White Girl from Michigan, and I’m #goingthere
I married a black man. As his aunts would say, I have caramel kids. I don’t have to go further than my kitchen table to experience diversity, and yet I still have racial biases. Sometimes I don’t notice skin color. During my ten years in South...
five minute friday :: fill
Welcome to Five Minute Friday! Two weeks ago, Lisa-Jo Baker announced that she would be handing over this community, after she founded Five Minute Friday and hosted every week for the past four years! Last week, I shared a bit of an introduction leading up...
the wallpaper diaries
I blame The Nester. It's her fault I haven't been able to feel my arms for the past two weeks. And while I'm at it, I might as well blame Lisa-Jo Baker for the raving review she wrote about The Nester's new book, The Nesting Place, since it's the book's fault that...
begin – an introduction
After last week’s Five Minute Friday announcement, my inbox just about had a coronary from the sudden exertion it endured, and I nearly drowned in a flood of emotion and gratitude. I never could’ve anticipated such a warm and gracious welcome, and am ever so...
hindsight
Today I'm thrilled to be over at Velvet Ashes, a lovely online community designed to encourage women serving overseas. The founder and editor graciously invited me to share about the topic of hindsight, and more specifically, to answer the question "What do you...
On Giving Kids an Eternal Perspective
The other day my seven-year-old was eating one of those Freezer Pops — you know, the plastic sleeves with frozen flavored juice inside that you squeeze up from the bottom. He came over to me as I was typing an e-mail and said, “Hey Mom. This is what my life is...
what church looks like
Some people drive by on Sunday mornings and see the church parking lot filled with cars, and they think church looks like kids with their shirts halfway tucked in, hair mostly combed, still rubbing sleep from their eyes. Like women carrying Bibles and men wearing...
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