Sometimes I think I miss out a bit by not being Jewish. Don’t get me wrong — grafted in, one of Abraham’s seed through Christ — absolutely not downplaying the amazing gift of being a Gentile Christian. I just think … Read More
(Isn’t that album so sad and depressing? She used to be a lot more fun to listen to.) I think I have mentioned it here before, but I absolutely hate crying. And I know, because I have been told multiple … Read More
December 8th of every year during my childhood out on the orchard, my Grandpa D. would light up a star way up on a pole to commemorate my mom’s birth. It was only fitting. And since she has been shining … Read More
Things I have learned this week: Ear infections can cause horrific, wracking coughs that make it sound like lungs, spleens and kidneys are being hacked up. Homeopathic remedies actually work sometimes, and can be made into funny little sugar water … Read More
I am an amateur. I admit it. If you do your weekly grocery shopping at Costco on a Saturday morning in December, you pretty much deserve what you get and have no room to complain about the lady who appeared … Read More
“The mystery remains a mystery. It withdraws from our grasp. Mystery, however, does not mean simply not knowing something. The greatest mystery is not the most distant star; on the contrary, the closer something comes to us and the better … Read More
And let’s be real — they are. Wasn’t it Spurgeon who, when asked how he reconciled the doctrine of predestination and human free will, said he didn’t, because there was no need to reconcile friends? Well, ditto chocolate and pears. … Read More
Ingratitude is an art form for me. Why do I spend so much time on this blog exhorting all of you to lift your eyes up, to spot the graciousness of God in your trials, to give thanks in all … Read More
Discombobulate, a noun: the state of being discombobulated, out of sorts, wonkydonks and upheaved. (English majors everywhere, pull your claws out of the plaster on the ceiling. I am fully aware that I made all that up. You’ll live.) It … Read More
You cannot say I didn’t warn you. Let the long rambles about Advent traditions begin! There was a time when Ann Voskamp was not woke and at least a little bit less flaky than she perhaps now is, and as … Read More