WHEN LIFE IS OVERWHELMING, FINDING TIME TO PRAY
SMACK dab in the middle of working and raising five children I’ve come to the sudden realization that I can’t do it all. In no particular order, for me, “all” consists of: cleaning my house, feeding my family, working in exchange for organic...HOW DO YOU DEFINE FAITH?
WHAT do spring and faith have in common? Growing up on a 10-acre farm in Oregon, we grew almost everything we ate. Wal-Mart didn’t even exist! But on the few occasions my mom took my brother and me to the local market, I hovered over the refrigerator case of...
MANAGING LIFE’S BUMPS
SHE came hurtling across the ice, pink snow-pants pulled down over bright white skates. Stumbling and lurching, she tried to keep her balance–all with a big grin plastered across her face. “The bumps make it hard, don’t they?” I offered, trying...THE DIVINE ALCHEMIST, HOW GOD TRANSFORMS ORDINARY WORK INTO SOMETHING PRECIOUS
Women authors tend to publish their first book a decade after male authors, a friend once told me, because women’s careers are more often interrupted by raising children. True? Who knows. When I became a mother sixteen years ago, I hoped to raise children while...Meadow Rue
Wife, mom, writer, friend, sharing God in my everyday life through “Faith Notes.”