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A Different Kind of Crazy

By on January 15, 2016 in crazy grace

When we had six kids under the age of 10 I thought life was pretty nuts. We had so much going on at that point and I thought I might be crazy…and I was a little. In the midst of having babies and kids with conditions and medical needs we were fully involved in ministry […]

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Moving Forward…2016 here we come!

By on December 31, 2015 in crazy grace, Intentional, reclaim

My word for 2015 was RECLAIM. Perhaps it should have been OBSTACLES, because that is what this year has felt like, one obstacle after another! I am quite thrilled to close the books on this year and begin a new chapter. Perhaps, OVERCOME could be added to the list of words for this year. Josiah […]

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when disappointment is too small a word

By on October 15, 2015 in 31 days challenge, crazy grace

  And here I am far too far away from my babies when I learn of a disaster that has befallen another that could just have easily been me. In Alberta a family is without three girls today. Drowned in grain. Every farmer’s nightmare. It was almost my nighmare. My oldest, just a few year’s […]

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when we feel like we disappointed God

By on October 14, 2015 in 31 days challenge, crazy grace

Yesterday we talked a little about shame and disappointment coming from a mistake or poor decision that we’ve made. How about when that poor decision is disobedience towards God? What do we do when we feel like God is disappointed with us? This is a hard one isn’t it? We like to think about God […]

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when you ARE the disappointment

By on October 13, 2015 in 31 days challenge, crazy grace

So what happens inside when YOU cause the disappointment. You miss the appointment. Forget the birthday. Burn the dinner. Pay the bill late. Overdraft the account. Don’t lose the weight. (or gain it back) Procrastinate the project until you have to rush and don’t do as good of a job. For many of us, we […]

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Into the Deep

By on September 19, 2015 in crazy grace, hope, reclaim, thoughts

  This post was originally going to be a post and then I got brave and told our pastor that maybe I had something to share …. sometime. I told him that after the service on Sunday, on Tuesday he called and said, “How about THIS Sunday.” After a small panic attack and several phone […]

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