The Art of Tuning Out

You can learn to shut out the world. I’m thinking of this and the way I’ve encouraged my children to practice this “skill”. You want to read, but someone else wants to watch the television. You want to work on homework, but someone else is talking on the phone. You want to sleep, but someone […]

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God is creative. That is, if you believe in God, you understand God is pretty good at making stuff. Plants and birds and rocks and things. Sunshine. Bumblebees. Duck-billed platypii. Cool breezes. Misty mornings. Trees and spider webs and lava and thunder. Color and light. Sound and silence. Us. God made it all (and a […]

Multiple Personality Mothers

Just a quick note as we near the close of Mother’s Day… Mothers are not perfect. Mothers are not superheroes. Mothers are not right all the time. Mothers make mistakes. Mothers get it wrong. Mothers hurt. Mothers struggle. Mothers lie. Mothers cheat. Mothers steal. Mothers let us down. Mothers are tempted. Mothers are selfish. Mothers […]