Live With Flair

All year, I’ve been examining how God guards our lives. The verb, guard, appears all over the Bible. But it presents as protect, watch, keep,

After all these years, I’m still so excited to teach first semester freshmen. There’s this sense of overwhelming possibility, of a fresh start, of crafting

I’m currently obsessed with mint and lime infused water. I chop up my fresh mint from the garden, slice up some lime, add ice, fill

Today my daughter and I took a very old dog on a lunchtime walk because her family was traveling for the day. When you walk

Today I teach my little chefs what it means to “parbake” something. It means to partially bake the pizza dough or pie crust before you

Today I read Psalm 94:19: “When anxiety was great within me, your love was consolation to my soul.” I look for the consolations of the

So many things happen so quickly around here: one daughter’s baptism; another’s beginning her Red Cross Babysitting Course. Orthodontist appointments come and go; more cookies

I’m reading just how often Joshua tells the Israelites to “hold fast” to God. Normally, we hear the admonition to love God with all your heart

Lately I’ve been thinking about ways to encourage others to talk about themselves and tell their stories without providing them any kind of apparatus or

Today I realize my garden has become a jungle of lush green leaves. The blackberry stalks present the healthiest looking leaves you’ve ever seen. One