The more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core. And I think the same is true of human beings. Henry David Thoreau Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore …
Caroline and I finished up her schoolwork yesterday and are now on spring break until April 10. We’ll be staying home during this time. (Fun fact: I’ve never been anywhere on spring break which I imagine is highly unusual for someone who …
1 John 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is …
Psalm 84 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she …
The idea of margin is one that appears over and over again on this website. There are many ways our family has chosen to build margin into our lives with varying degrees of success over the years. We’ve tried to maintain a healthy amount of …
Psalm 64 Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, …
Psalm 147 Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of …
Today is my birthday! I wanted to share the perfect-for-me birthday gifts I received from Caroline and David. They love me so much they went to seven stores around the greater Grand Rapids area to find my favorite candy bars in stock. The Enjoy Life …
Luke 7:1-10 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him …
Our little family has been busy with working, learning, and living during these late winter days. We’re under a winter weather advisory today with multiple inches of snow expected. The weather is expected to turn a bit warmer after this so I …
