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Renewed Day by Day
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Renewed Day by Day

Posted on October 9, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

Craziness or rather chaos seems to be the theme of my family’s life these days. Some days it feels like we are running around with our heads cut off scattered between school, work, homework, afterschool extra-curriculars, night meetings, and birthday parties. While I would like to think that my family’s situation is unique, I am … Continue reading →

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Protect or Prepare?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • 3 Comments

I did not design it, but my last several posts have developed into a series on sin and grace. All Have Sinned talked about reckoning with my own sin. Grace Rules discussed my child’s guilt over his. Today’s post deals with those who sin against us. My son’s most prized possession right now is a … Continue reading →

Genesis Moments
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Genesis Moments

Posted on September 4, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • 1 Comment

Tomorrow, I will hopefully be waking up in my new home, living a new dream of five acres and trees and a pond and the promise of chickens and goats in the spring.  Today, though, I am sitting in a house littered with boxes  and stuff I don’t know what to do with and stuff … Continue reading →

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Posted on September 2, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

Psalm 139 School is starting, and I can see the excitement on the face of my youngest, and anxiety on the face of my oldest.  Both have very different ways of handling transitions and new experiences.  And both are valid. My youngest strives to be perfect–to fend off bullies, to be an advocate, to keep … Continue reading →

Compost
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Compost

Posted on August 23, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

I am slightly obsessed with my compost. A few moments ago, I trekked out in the steamy heat to the Darth Vader-looking compost bin beside my house, and I dumped in a fresh bucket of rotting food. Sometimes the discarded food looks almost pretty. Some days I have bright green watermelon rinds, purple-stained onion peel, … Continue reading →

What I’ve Learned from Praying with My Children
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What I’ve Learned from Praying with My Children

Posted on August 16, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

This is my 3 1/2 year-old son’s favorite prayer: Dear Lord (pronounced “Wowd”), Thank you for riding on steam train. Thank you for riding on trolley train. Thank you for riding on Thomas. You are my pray. A-men! I have heard this prayer for some time now at mealtime and bedtime, and it never fails … Continue reading →

The Faithfulness of God
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The Faithfulness of God

Posted on August 12, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

“Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided— Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!” ~chorus of the hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness” Prayer: God, We thank you that you have big ears to hear us, eyes to watch over … Continue reading →

Identity and the Tapes We Play
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Identity and the Tapes We Play

Posted on August 9, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

“…how I wonder what…you…ARRRRRE!!”  On any given day, the gamut of songs that plays over and over in my head range from this little ditty to Mumford and Sons’ latest to my favorite Indigo Girls rockin’ classic. But there are other loops that get stuck playing in my brain.  Tapes that play over and over, … Continue reading →

The first letter of God’s name. . .
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The first letter of God’s name. . .

Posted on July 31, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • 5 Comments

From the backseat, my five-year-old asked, slowly, “Mommy, is ‘T’ the first number for God?” It took me a minute, but I figured out he was trying to spell. “No, baby,” I told him, “the letters for God are g-o-d.” He was fidgeting with his hands, I could tell, but I was driving and didn’t … Continue reading →

I Never Planned It
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I Never Planned It

Posted on July 26, 2013 by practicingfamilies2013 • Leave a comment

I believe it’s Woody Allen who is credited with saying, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” I always found this to be a little condescending. (Morgan Freeman’s God character in Evan Almighty really does just laugh at him when Evan mentions his plans). Nevertheless, it communicates a truth I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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