Be Bold, Do Faith
My kid doesn’t have dyslexia! Whew, I had to get that out right away. Turns out the severe working memory deficiencies made my child’s symptoms appear like dyslexia, but since beginning Cog-Med and Lindamood-bell therapy she’s jumped from a reading level that was a year behind her age to one that is six years ahead. She’ll [...]
For a week of summer in the 6th grade I got to stay at a camp that boasted a flotilla of canoes, one heck of a swimming obstacle course, horses for riding, white water rafting during the day, chapel in the evenings… and leeches. You should ask my cousin about those. They went for her [...]
For the wages of sin is death –Romans 6:23a (NIV) People love to look with tunnel vision at what others are doing wrong, but, rarely do they survey the gruesome and far reaching effects of their personal sin. I think many of us stop up our ears when it comes to this topic. We don’t want [...]
I told myself certain diagnoses were likely, prepped for the news down to the last expectant seconds as my husband and I took our seats in the psychologist’s office. But the words, out loud and official, slammed the Thing into reality, gave it legs. Before the sonic boom of the diagnosis, our Thing hadn’t existed. Only possibilities.
I’m happy to introduce our Surprise Number Six. Evyn Layla, born August 22. A little about her name. Evan: God is Gracious If my parents longed for grandchildren with classic names they shouldn’t have bogged me down with the most common first name in the history of the world*. I mean, nothing screams “You’re [...]
God issued me a command: be BOLD, Jen. Easy for Him to say. Being BOLD is the opposite of what I do when I’m living life without depending on Jesus.