
human resources
i’m often asked about resources we use for spiritual formation in our family/homeschool, & increasingly my answer is less specific, because the resource i use more than any other, besides scripture, isn’t written, but human…

praying in the Spirit
recently i had the pleasure of sharing my journey into a Spirit-filled life with my friend paige on her podcast, love in a cottage.
here are a few resources, mentioned on the podcast, that were helpful for me on my own journey into a deeper, more intimate life with God…

introducing : florilegium
i’ve been an avid reader of devotional classics for the past fifteen years, & wanted a place to share excerpts from some of my favorites. so, i’ve just added a new tab to the blog : florilegium!

living water dispensaries
and then comes summer! doors are flung open, & hospitality is a way of life. introverted selves have had adequate time to grow deep roots in the deep dark, now the flowery selves can be vibrant, open, and bold…

a sanctified imagination
do you know that your imagination is a companion to your faith? have you learned this secret?

a little life update
the sandhill cranes are migrating, the red-wing blackbirds chattering in the hedgerow…

making my steps secure : a testimony
when i was growing up the word testimony usually meant, basically, someone’s spiritual “origin story”, but over the past year or so i’ve come to use the word more liberally, a little more like testify…

accessible examples
i was just reading the other day in Mark,
“With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it…

discipleship in the home
a few years ago i surrendered my life completely to Jesus. i’d been a christian before—growing up in a missionary home, then getting truly saved while on the mission field myself in my early twenties…

faith is a substance
hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. over the years i’ve come to see faith as an actual, vital ingredient. a sort of activator to God’s power…

exceedingly great & precious promises / blessed is she who believed
i woke up yesterday morning asking the Lord…