by Meadow Rue Merrill | Sep 4, 2017 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
Transformation is often hard, the dramatic change in form or appearance from one phase to another. I’m no butterfly, gracefully shifting from creeping grub to bright-winged wonder. But for me, September is all about change as my two oldest children head to college, another begins high school, and my two youngest ride to school for the first time. After two decades of full-time mothering and nearly as many years of homeschooling, this season is full of transformation. One way I prepared was by reading Everbloom: Stories of Living Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives (Paraclete Press, 2017), by the Redbud Writers Guild, of which I am a member.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Mar 21, 2016 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
After last week’s column about the upcoming apologetics conference, Why Jesus? 2016, occurring in Bangor, Maine, this May, a reader from Whiting wrote me a note to share his concern and disappointment that none of the conference’s headline speakers are women.
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Jun 22, 2015 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
Think of a moment when your life changed. For me, there was the childhood day my brother and I were playing Candy Land and my mother announced that our father was leaving — one of the worst. There was also the day that I read a book report to my fourth-grade... 
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Mar 10, 2014 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
I was sure I wanted a large family, so sure that when an older acquaintance told me it wasn’t possible anymore I was sad. Times had changed, she said. The cost of living too high. Life too busy. At that moment I was pregnant with my second child and knew I... 
by Meadow Rue Merrill | Feb 3, 2014 | Book Reviews, Faith Notes |
“Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.” How many times have we recited these words as part of the Lord’s prayer found in the Gospel of Matthew? But do we mean it? Am I really willing to ask God to forgive me based on my... 
