All the Things That Matter Blog

There is nothing as good as laughter at bringing people together. Last night, three ladies joined me for Bible Study, but even as we talked real life and what parts of the homework we didn’t get done and where God was speaking to us, we laughed. We laughed at ourselves, mostly. And our stories....

I finally figured out a way around the horrible gripe-fest that happens every time I utter the phrase “clean your room.” I took the “begin with the end in mind” view, and we sat down and imagined our rooms totally clean. Then we wrote down, in checklist form – my kids are BIG on...

I was picking beans yesterday by myself. It was a gorgeous morning, chilly at first and then the sun got hot. It was a second picking of our second planting of beans, and I had two large bowls I could fill. I got to work. The funny thing about picking beans is that, when you first...

So we actually took a vacation this year. We went to Harbor Island, SC and stayed with my in-laws in a house on the beach. Like ON the beach. The water came up to the retaining walls at high tide. Super cool. And not only was the location awesome…we drove to the beach with...