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My daughter, as a student and as a teacher, has always loved the start of a new school year. New, clean pages in notebooks. A clean calendar waiting for new entries. A new classroom. She must get that trait from me, because I love a new year. A new planner, a new start – this […]
My son was jumping up and down, waving his hand in front of the camera and giggling. I tried to shoo him away and nearly tripped over my oldest son, who was messing with the still unstable tripod. Concerned that one of them was about to knock over the expensive camera right before the church […]
We all want to begin the new year with a fresh start, a clean slate, a new planner with blank pages. We clean the house, get rid of all the unworn clothes in our closet, and make a list of habits that are going to be our new habits. And then by February 1 we’ve […]
It was New Year’s 2009. I don’t remember how we rang in the new year that year, but I do remember the significant new thing we were all looking forward to as a family in the year 2009. I was sixteen weeks along with our second child, and though I had felt different and been […]
Christmas is about atmosphere. We all have the atmosphere ingredients that stir us. Cinnamon scented pinecones, or the smell of a fresh tree. Christmas music, children’s excitement over presents. The muted glow of Christmas lights in a dark room, or the flicker of candlelight. Something warm from the oven – pumpkin pie, or sugar cookies, […]
Motivation is an incredibly popular word these days. We talk about needing motivation and losing motivation. We have motivation boards on Pinterest and find our methods of motivation. If we take a minute and think through what we mean by all of that, it’s a little humbling to realize that all this motivation talk is […]
Sometimes I wonder what was in Mary’s mind as she traveled the dusty road toward Bethlehem. For me, those last days before my children’s births were always marked by a deep settling into myself. It was as if I had drawn an invisible circle around myself and my child, narrowing my attention to the subtle […]
If you’re anything like me, you sometimes enter the Christmas season bracing yourself for the hectic schedules, feeling weary before it’s begun. Here at Flowers we feel the same, and we are excited to be able to encourage you this Christmas season by offering our special Advent Devotional He Will Come for only $1.99. These […]
This spring my husband and I celebrated fifteen years of marriage, and with that nearly fifteen years of ministry. There are many who have walked a much longer road and have much more wisdom to share, but I think fifteen years has been enough time to start to see the perspective of the rear view […]
As I study the life of Priscilla, I imagine her life as it might have been. Here are some of my wonderings. She was Italian to the core. Family gatherings were her favorite when relatives gathered over food, laughter, and music. She had dreams of being an artist like her Aunt Rose. However, one person […]
