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an anchor for my soul: February 2014
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). It all started with a puberty video. Actually, the announcement of the puberty video. In the school district we live in the kids in 4th grade watch a clip with their own gender that details some of the changes their bodies go through during puberty. I went to a screening of the movie and found it to be very well done, quite benign, clear and concise. Yeah, it was weird. Thank heaven for grace. Here were my goals:. Things went differ...
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an anchor for my soul: December 2012
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). The mind of man. After chemotherapy was completed the oncologists gave us a double sided, three page document detailing the recovery plan. Each future appointment was noted with corresponding tests to evaluate her health at appropriate stages. Sometimes there are scribbles and changes. Sometimes we just follow the charted course. Today at Clara’s 18 month post-treatment check they pulled out her plan. The mind of man plans his way,.
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an anchor for my soul: January 2013
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). There's a song for that. It may be slightly cruel, but Brian and I love to turn on music when the kids are all crabby and rising up against us. In particular we turn on theme tunes that match the occasion. Just back from vacation and the kids have declared a pre-emptive chore strike? Back To Life by Soul II Soul. Kids tired and turning on the angst full blast? C ome And Get Your Love by Leon Redbone. Stay by Maurice Williams.
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an anchor for my soul: FOMO and parenting
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). Earlier this school year my kids came home complaining that they were the ONLY kids in their classrooms not allowed unfettered access to youtube videos. From their perspective, EVERYONE but them has their own channel and watches all the funny viral videos. So on to my second point - so what? Turns out that is also not effective at treating FOMO. I found a neat site run by Donald Miller called storylineblog.com. On Saturday mornings ...
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an anchor for my soul: Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus). In Exodus 3 Moses, shepherding his sheep, comes upon a curious site – a bush that burns but is not consumed. His curiosity draws him in, closer, closer. God, seeing He has Moses’ attention, calls. 8220;Moses, Moses! 8220;Here I am,” Moses responds. 8220;Take off your shoes, Moses, you are standing on Holy Ground.”. Now this Elohim was calling him again. The God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, the Go...
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an anchor for my soul: April 2014
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). When Clara was in the middle of her chemo regimen I stopped on the way home to pick up a few groceries. She walked the aisles with me gamely and had agreed that she could make the trip. But after we checked out she looked up and me and told me she couldn’t walk anymore. 8220;I might throw up,” she whispered. No one offered to help. I began to pray. I was not fine. I got home and was surprised by my raw and intense anger. If you ...
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an anchor for my soul: September 2014
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). My baby was going to kindergarten. So sweet and precocious, kind and spunky. New backpack on and nervous smile flickering beneath enormous blue eyes. Actually it was just kindergarten orientation. But she didn’t care. It counted as a first day of real school to her. Abbie and I picked up our checklist and began making our way around the classroom. Can you find your locker? Find your tote tray and color the picture. Check. It was a d...
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an anchor for my soul: February 2015
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). Do's and Don'ts when Caring for the Hurting. It was a short-lived respite. On Friday, December 3. 2010, Clara (our 1. My stomach started knotting. Within 20 minutes of her MRI the ER doctor pulled us into a different ER room. He pulled up the image of Clara’s abdomen and explained that her spleen was just fine. He clarified that the large eggplant sized organ we could see on the MRI was a rapidly growing cancerous tumo...It was a te...
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an anchor for my soul: He gives hope
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). When Clara was in the middle of her chemo regimen I stopped on the way home to pick up a few groceries. She walked the aisles with me gamely and had agreed that she could make the trip. But after we checked out she looked up and me and told me she couldn’t walk anymore. 8220;I might throw up,” she whispered. No one offered to help. I began to pray. I was not fine. I got home and was surprised by my raw and intense anger. If you ...
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an anchor for my soul: January 2014
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An anchor for my soul. Sailing with the anchor down . (Hebrews 6:19-20). Elementary school, the Internet, and safety (oh my! It didn’t take long for my kids to discover that there is a great big world wide web. By first grade the words google, mine craft, and youtube were in their vocabulary. By the third grade, they wanted access like I had wanted a cabbage patch doll. And they wanted it now. It was way past monitoring screen time. So we would start in the shallows. Learn about undertows -. Or set up a ...
