Tag Archive: giving thanks

Happy Thanksgiving

I’m off cooking for a crew of outlaws and in-laws, but I didn’t want to leave you empty-handed on this most important day of thanks. I searched high and low for a meaningful, insightful, and respectable blog topic or video to post for today, but my heart just wasn’t in it. Instead, you get a…

Just Hit Pause

There’s a blanket of snow outside. The sky is grey and there’s a fresh pot of Blackberry tea with peppermint sprigs boiling on the stove. Fresh pumpkin pies are steaming on the counter. The house cleaning ritual is complete for company tomorrow, and my little guy’s fever is down to a manageable 101. We pile…

The Unseen Struggle

This world is full of injustices and horrors, hurts and indifferences. We are all ‘walking wounded’ in one way or another. It is a common thread in humanity. It is the nature of mankind. Not the way that God intended, but a reflection of the struggle between good and evil that rages inside each of…