From the category archives:

Remember the Gospel

Remember the Gospel: Dig in the Dirt

06.26.2012

We drove back this week and I remembered this post from last June.  The Showstar flowers and the sunflowers, the Vincas, the Lantana–they’ve all come back from last year, shown their faces out of the good soil and now reach their petals toward the sun.  And I’m reminded to let the good Gardener tear me [...]

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Remember the Gospel-Make a List

09.28.2011

We read the story of Christ’s arrest in the garden, close the book and I grab the kids’ hands.  It’s time for the day’s last prayer.  I ask if they want to ask forgiveness for any of the day’s blunders–just seeing the disciples sleeping and Judas’ kiss, I can’t help but feel the weight of [...]

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Remember the Gospel-Take a Long, Hard Walk

08.30.2011

I remember the walk well.  We’d barely been in the neighborhood a month and I’d just delivered our third baby…sweet Rebekah.  The kids were restless and the day was hot….it was July in Nashville.  I remembered a playground, down the road a ways, and set off-infant in a carrier, two year old and three year [...]

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Remember the Gospel…Fill Up on the Good Stuff

08.22.2011

A midwife appointment turns our morning on its end and I find myself at the Farmer’s Market right around noon on a Friday.  I pull in with the toddler fussing and the two big kids asking for snacks and when I can’t find a parking spot, I wonder if I should go find some fast [...]

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Remember the Gospel-Clean Out Your Pantry

08.03.2011

I barrel in from the grocery Friday night and start to unload.  We were certainly in need of more food-everyone was saying as much.  I lug my bags to the pantry and pry open the door.  I’ve got cans and boxes and bags but nowhere to put any of them.  Wasn’t I just saying that [...]

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Remember the Gospel-Do It the Slow Way

07.25.2011

Our days are full of everyone promising to do it our way….and fast.  Food is ready before you are, no need to go in-there’s a drive thru, turn it on and you’re connected to the world, instantly!  Instant coffee, instant service, instant satisfaction. All of this instant at my fingertips is nice and certainly convenient, [...]

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Remember the Gospel…Wash Your Car

07.14.2011

We’ve got something in Nashville we’ve never had before-a garage.  And now I realize why everyone always told me that I should really want one.  Our van actually looks clean…on the outside.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s not off the car lot clean and shiny; the tires don’t sparkle, and a closer look reveals dirt [...]

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