What is a nature walk and why are they so beneficial? When a friend posed this question and asked me ‘How to do it?’, I was surprised by how difficult it was to give a concise answer. Perhaps that is why there is some confusion on the what, why and how’s of nature walking… So today, […]
Exploring Creation
Aren’t these simply beautiful? I’ve never seen cactus quite like them… Our desert home is alive with the colors of spring. It is greener (for those in a more moist climate, it would probably still seem pretty muted), with lots of yellow and punctuated by some pinks, reds and the occasional purple. It is the […]
Singing in Easter!
We are counting down the days until Resurrection weekend!!! As you all know, we love taking time to prepare for Easter. Last year, our church put together an Easter choir and handed out cd’s of the music line-up for the Easter morning service. We were able to get a hold of an extra copy and […]
Gratitude as Spiritual Warfare…
I worry. It’s a fault of mine. When I was pregnant with my oldest son so soon after a miscarriage, it was a constant mental battle to not give in to the worry. This time around there was still a battle going on. About two months ago, I had some pretty clear signs that another miscarriage […]
No foolin…
Temperatures here in the Arizona desert topped 100 degrees today. :sigh: It seems so weird to see headlines talking about another snowstorm on the east coast… This has nothing to do with the remainder of my post. It’s just that the first day over 100 is sort of a moment to note, especially when it comes […]
Knights-in-the-Making
The boys and I just loved our adventure studying the middle ages. (You can read about our previous adventures here, here, here, and here.) But I think one of the highlights was the focus on knights. My boys were inspired. They wanted to dress like them, fight like them, behave like them. Really, they wanted to […]