I grew up in Sunday School many years ago. Back then, flannelgraphs was a part of life. For those who never saw one, a flannelgraph board is a storytelling device. It usually had a basic background, perhaps an exterior scene, made of flannel (thus the name) and included other flannel scenes that could be pulled...
Category: Spiritual Life
Skylanders, or The Ordinary Face of Humility
Tim’s favorite game these days is simply called Skylanders. It’s is a game of pretend that he loves with all his heart … and which I despise. Of course, I am not opposed to pretend. I used to play pretend by the hour, alone on my swing in my parents’ backyard. But the key...
On Disappointment
So a couple of weeks ago, a woman anonymously published an article about her date with a famous man. It was immediately jumped on by various sides, opinions flying as fast as tweets could be typed. I read a couple of articles, and here’s what I was struck most by. This woman was not...
Marking Your Place
We need to find ways to mark our place. When we read, we use bookmarks. But in life, we sometimes feel like marking our place makes us “less than.” Not being able to do it all means I’m somehow not enough. If I was just a better mom, we think. A better student, housekeeper,...
Who I Used To Be
Yesterday, I was doing a very January sort of thing. I was reorganizing files. I hauled all our files that have been in temporary file tubs (for five years) to the basement to put them into the filing cabinets that lived in the other garage (for five years) before Eric very helpfully moved them...