Excited. Cheerful. A little wide-eyed but you don’t know why because you’re called and equipped and assured that God’s at your side. You don’t understand, dear friend, that today you walk into the vapor of Satan’s breath, into the very jaws of death. Why at your steps do tremble the very gates of hell? They […]
20 years with Shawn. That’s a lot of socks picked up, a lot of stray cereal bowls recovered, a lot of coffee, a lot of lessons learned, a lot of arguments, a lot of “I forgives,” a lot of kisses, a lot of places lived, a lot of pets, a lot of laughter (and a […]
We may argue more than once about every phase of a big project but we share the same big picture. We want to make things pretty and not go broke in the process. This is analogous to our whole marriage. We do bicker and can get into some pretty sticky disagreements but we share a […]
Inspired by Josh Garrels’, “Heaven’s Knife.” I’ll take your hand and won’t let go. You were without help, so alone. I’ve looked for you, the one my heart loves, my life long, as words to a song that we know and knew we’d sing forever. Like the first girl in the garden cleft from your side, I […]
I’m in the process of reading a great deal of writings by Margaret Sanger in an effort to understand the mind that went into the formation of one of the most diabolical organizations in America today, that of Planned Parenthood. Tonight I spent a good amount of time reading The Pivot of Civilization. (Lots to wade […]
I’ve been reading some of Margaret Sanger’s writings lately to catch the many obvious flaws but also the many ironies in her thought processes in order to elucidate the trajectory of ideas that led to Planned Parenthood in its current diabolical iteration. Ironically she nailed some real societal ills. She effectively calls out Christians for […]
My hunkahunkaburninlove comes home from Staff Orientation in Arizona at Food for the Hungry tomorrow. Oh, I’m so happy. I’m so happy he’s coming home but I’m so so happy he loves his job. I’m so excited about this organization. I’m very thankful. But I’m still really happy he’s coming home tomorrow. It’s not quite the […]
(picture taken from JO’s website) I just have to tell the world that I am forever indebted to Jamie Oliver. I think I shall write him a fan letter. You know why? My man, The Pastor, has cooked dinner three times in the last 7 days. Thanks to Jamie Oliver and his free five minute […]
He’s not only hot, but he’s a great preacher… if I do say so myself. I love it that even though I live with him and see him in all of his fallenness (How do you spell falleness?) his sermons still move me. I think it’s because he is honest in his preaching about his […]
You all know from experience that I love bragging on my man here at my blog. It’s just one of the ways that I let my husband know that I’m thinking happy thoughts about him even when he’s not around. It helps me to remember all of the things about him that I love so […]
Okay, so I don’t think I’ve posted quite 1,393,211 times about The Hot Pastor that I am allowed to spend the night with. Every. Single. Night. But a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Today, however, couldn’t go by without me mentioning just how hot I find The Pastor to be. Don’t get you’re […]
This evening I was repeatedly told I was the best Mom ever and that I was like Mr. Magorium because I “made” some new bath toys. All of the kids old bath toys had gotten disgustingly corroded. I never did find a good bath toy storage solution. Plus I’m just lazy about bath toys. So […]
who cares about violets? (okay, really, I do… okay? For all of you violet lovers who just decided that I needed to go eat snail poison after what I just said about violets.) But really… violets don’t so much matter right now when I have these sitting in my kitchen. (((((sigh))))) I don’t get flowers […]
Children grow so fast. It makes the mother’s heart go pitter pat doesn’t it? It sometimes even draws a tear. Or two. One day they are just little kids… And before you know it they are big. Real big. Super tall long legged strangers. And husbands… well, they go the other way I guess… You […]
I like him. He’s my pastor. He’s my friend. He’s my man. He’s a good Dad. Did I mention that he looks incredibly hot when he wears all black. After watching Walk the Line and being on a Johnny Cash kick, I insisted that he buy a nice black shirt. Boy, am I glad I […]
I am having problems viewing this post in Firefox. You may want to just click on over to my food blog to read it. I don’t think it’s having the same issues. You all know the rest of the saying. “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Yeah, my husband thinks I’m […]
Okay, I’ve read a lot of things once and some things more than once. But once when my husband and I were newlyweds I read that you ought to occasionally surprise your spouse with a smattering of little love notes around the house about how much you love them, about why you like them as […]
But I didn’t know it was this bad. 78%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? Mingle2 – Online Dating I’d hate to see what being 100% blog addicted looks like. I suppose it means you do absolutely nothing else. How addicted are you? I always say that it’s a good thing when life takes over to […]
Click it! So this is what I do for fun now. Play with blogger templates! Nan
For a very long time I have been a very frugal person. In the past I have always shopped primarily at thrift stores and garage sales. I got cheap haircuts. I scrimped and saved and bought in bulk where food was involved. Never paid full price for anything. Routinely said no to any extraneous wants […]
I simply did not feel like cooking dinner tonight. Okay so I never feel like cooking on Sunday nights. I don’t know why. But Sunday nights are often breakfast for dinner nights where I make pancakes or eggs and toast or canned soup or something relatively easy. Still, rarely do I feed my children flat […]
My husband and I have been my husband and I for 10 years as of today. He was 25 and I was 20. The day was beautiful. It was a Sunday. We had a beautiful outdoor wedding with over 200 friends and family members there to share the day. Ten years goes by terribly fast […]
There is something terribly and inexplicably cute about a man in a hospital gown. I don’t know what it is but there is just something about it that makes me want to kiss him and touch his cheek and feel his forehead and take his temperature and hold his water cup for him and tenderly […]
Not only does he have clean ears, he is an effective communicator of the gospel of grace. We are hoping to have more up soon but I’ve been looking forward to being able to link you to his sermon audio. Currently there is only one up and online but I’ll be the first to tell […]
I love it that the internet has made it all the more possible for Stay at Home Moms to pursue more of their goals while maintaining their personal priorities at the same time. So many of us desire to stay at home with our children. Some of us strongly desire to homeschool. Before the internet […]
Does it look like this? Or what about this? not to be confused with this… Do you have a preconceived notion about what type of individual becomes a pastor’s wife? Do you think of the minister’s wife as the dear lady who sets her hair regularly, always wears pantyhose and extremely dark red lipstick? Does […]
Admitting that I have a problem is the first step towards recovery right? And I already have my higher power… So… what? I’m already at step three? Talk about rapid progress! If you don’t like April Fool’s Day, you won’t like living in my house. I can’t shake the constant nagging desire to tormentingly tease […]
I can hold it in just fine with regards to kids gifts I suppose. But you know, I have a really patchy history with keeping Christmas gifts a secret from my darling husband. It doesn’t matter how exciting or unexciting the gift has been. I want to tell him. This, among other more noble reasons, […]
Tomorrow is My Man’s 35th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTER MAN!!! I LOVE YOU!!! (consider that your greeting card. Yes. I am cheap. But at $4.50 a pop, it’s just easier to surprise you over the World Wide Web with a birthday greeting. Plus, this is like having it scroll across the jumbotron at a stadium. […]
I never imagined that I would be a pastor’s wife one day. We met when I was only 18 and he was 23, the Summer after I graduated high school and right smack dab in the middle of his seminary years. Not a moment too early for me even at that age. I look back […]
When we were first married we were highly encouraged by many older and wiser folk to have a date night set aside each week or each month where, even after children, we would be able to spend quality time together remembering why we like each other and what we have in common besides an address. […]
When my husband and I were first dating we would spend hours upon hours sitting and like most lovers, staring (not blankly! How dare you think that the next word I was going to write!) *longingly* into one another’s love struck eyes. We would talk non-stop for up to 8 or 9 hours about everything […]
You know that great saying, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there’s no one following you.” I love that line. I think I have a matching one and one that is applicable to our family. It goes like this: “Just because you are not superstitious doesn’t mean that strange things won’t repetatively happen to you.” […]
Broken Sojourners 