Scripture: A Mother's Lens

Most of us have experienced starting a new job, a hobby, or a home fix-it project with abundant energy and enthusiasm. Whether it’s something we’ve been trying to get to for some time or simply fun, once we’ve gathered the materials and checked the plan, we’re more than eager to work through the steps quickly. …READ MORE

I was really inspired by Emily Glickman’s reflections on Philippians a couple of weeks ago. As she points out, it seems like a passage that we mommas can’t hear often enough. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of …READ MORE

For the last six months, after the blessing of our evening meal, my three-year-old, with eyes scrunched closed and hands folded reverently, has added an earnest prayer: “For mommy seahorses and baby seahorses and mommy horses and baby horses. Amen.” We have no idea why these animals in particular are dear to her, but her …READ MORE

I don’t think of myself as someone particularly brave. Just last night I screamed when I saw a large cockroach on the wall and insisted that my oldest son (a ten-year-old) kill it, which he happily did. I remember when that same little man was only a two-year-old and I found a scorpion in our …READ MORE

Jesus’ parable about the tenants of the vineyard who stone the servants of the landowner and eventually kill his son always makes me a little anxious. I naturally put myself in the place of the wrongdoers and ask myself if I, too, would reject the cornerstone. I feel similarly about the reading from Isaiah, which …READ MORE

I stood over the beeping waffle-maker as the steam rose to my sullen face. The kids, the teens, the dog had stretched me all week long.  Now, over Sunday waffles, I could not manage to gloss over the rough edges of my heart.  I was physically, mentally, and emotionally spent. Mom, I can tell you …READ MORE