Well, has your December calendar worn you out yet? If you’re coming into Christmas tired of soul, here’s a word of encouragement that I wrote a few years ago. It just needed some dusting off, and I think the message still fits. Merry Christmas to you, dear friend. Merry Christmas. I like a thick ream of blank, white copy paper… Read More
You Need Hope Made by Carhartt
Our friend quit his cabinet-making job and took employment on the east side of the mountains. He works with three Nicaraguans who come north to work a ranch for half the year, and together they brave the winters of eastern Montana. Cold on the east side. Watch the weather forecast for Cut Bank, where it’s usually the coldest place in… Read More
Do You Have Answers for The Hard Questions?
I caught a few lines of a song the other day (although I didn’t realize how raunchy and godless it was until I investigated it further, so yeah -not sharing it with you.) But it caught my attention because the artist sang a question and then an answer, repeating this over and over. It made me think of the listening… Read More
One Incredible Word to Help You Get Past Failure
I grew up in central Wyoming, but my aunt and uncle lived in downtown Denver. A few times a year we would make the six-hour drive to visit them, and it felt like a real-life story of country mouse goes to visit city mouse. Three things were always the same on our trips: Dad yelling at us to sit back… Read More
For The Soul That Needs Fixed Up
I know, you’ve been asking yourself, “How are those two empty nesters managing now that their baby is off to college?” You wonder what we do to fill our days. Well, during Saturday morning waffles we practiced the selfie faces we’ll make when we go to get our Christmas tree next month. And no, I will not try to explain… Read More
I Will Praise Him Even When The Treadmill Breaks
Yesterday I came downstairs and exchanged looks with my son, who was sitting in the kitchen. We were listening to a noise coming from the basement. “That treadmill does not sound good,” I said. “No, not good,” he said. Seconds later we heard a horrible sound from the basement, and I ran down, to see if the certain someone who… Read More
Your Hard Work Will Be Rewarded
I’m tempted to give you my husband’s cell phone number, so you can verify that I am not lying when I tell you that every morning and night of my first year of teaching I said, and I quote, “I cannot do this.” Yesterday, after I covered the computer monitor with an old, pink pillowcase and gave the room one… Read More
Who Can Show Us Any Good?
If a blog post could somehow be a steaming latte in your favorite flavor (coconut milk for my friend who can’t have dairy), I would surprise you at work with 16 ounces today, along with a high-calorie glazed doughnut and a long hug. Because it seems like most everybody in my little circle is having a hard, hard time. There… Read More
How to Escape The Falling Apart
In the same day I read about corruption in Lagos, Nigeria, I handed that man of mine paper towels while he was flat on his back on my kitchen floor, trying to figure out why everything underneath my kitchen sink was wet. I tried running the water, and nothing leaked. So he left the cupboard empty and said we would… Read More
Your Life -A Party Just Starting
Dear friends, Today is my birthday! The big four-six, and you should know I’m a little ridiculous on the inside about the whole birthday thing. It’s like when I was six years old I stopped maturing and still jump up and down over cake and presents. Presents! I was laughing at myself the other day, because someone asked how old… Read More