Loving God – Page 8 – Choosing This Moment

A Glimpse of Love

Posted: December 04, 2014 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 1 Comment

We traveled for Thanksgiving, packed our suitcase and our little girl into the car and made the oh-so-very-long drive through the desert to my Grandpa’s house nine hours away. She did well, Katie did, sleeping a good portion of the way, only needing the calming presence of Mom or Dad in the backseat and the … Continue reading "A Glimpse of Love"

Past Sorrows and Present Joys

Posted: November 06, 2014 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 8 Comments

She caught me in the church parking lot a few weeks back, waved at me as I was unlocking the car door, walked over to say hello. It had been some time since I’d seen her last and she had never met Katie, so she commented on her smile and her amazing infant Mohawk and … Continue reading "Past Sorrows and Present Joys"

A Broken Place

Posted: August 20, 2014 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 3 Comments

The world is a broken place. We need not look far to find evidence of this fact; it confronts us every day in our frailty, in our humanity, in the ways our own relationships falter and our own efforts fall short. Still, there are weeks when mankind’s desperate need for God seems to blazon itself … Continue reading "A Broken Place"

On Yard Work, or, Time Well Spent

Posted: June 30, 2014 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 2 Comments

In the past few weeks, on the days when I have been awake and motivated enough to squeeze in a short jog before Jonathan leaves for work, Katie and I have traded our long morning walk for the never-ending task known as yard work. I am strategic about my timing, putting her into the Ergo immediately … Continue reading "On Yard Work, or, Time Well Spent"

Lightning

Posted: May 25, 2014 Under: Loving God By Jenn No Comments

We had a thunderstorm earlier this week. It came late in the evening, as we were settling into bed, and so we lay there with the lights off and the windows open and listened to the rumbling thunder. The storm was distant enough that we couldn’t see individual strikes, but the lightning brightened the sky, … Continue reading "Lightning"

When Small Things Matter

Posted: January 11, 2014 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 1 Comment

So often, I’m distracted by the big, by the glamorous, by the awe-inspiring tales of faithfulness and success and daring deeds. I hear of missionaries leaving everything familiar to live with jungle tribes, or best-selling authors who inspire millions with their words, or preachers who convict the hearts of thousands at a time, and a … Continue reading "When Small Things Matter"

Broken Christmas Thoughts

Posted: December 25, 2013 Under: Family and Parenting By Jenn No Comments

It seems cliched, somehow, but I can’t help feeling that I identify in some ways with Mary this year as my own baby grows inside of me. This sense of anticipation, of awaiting, of knowing that God is up to something but not really understanding what that something might be. Of course, in all reality, … Continue reading "Broken Christmas Thoughts"

Suffering and Small Things and Gratitude

Posted: December 17, 2013 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 3 Comments

When it comes right down to it, I am amazingly, ridiculously, wonderfully blessed. Beyond measure. Beyond counting. Beyond my ability to comprehend it. Spiritually, physically, emotionally, materially – I have not known want. I have what I need and more. Through nothing of my own doing, through none of my own merits or my own … Continue reading "Suffering and Small Things and Gratitude"

In Which I Discover That I Am Not a Calvinist

Posted: October 22, 2013 Under: Loving God By Jenn 1 Comment

When tragedy strikes, when suffering occurs, we are forced to come face-to-face with our own theology, to determine what it is we do, in fact, believe. It isn’t as though we don’t consider various theodicies at other times, of course, as though the questions of why evil exists and why bad things happen don’t cross … Continue reading "In Which I Discover That I Am Not a Calvinist"

What the heck?

Posted: October 01, 2013 Under: Loving God By Jenn No Comments

I’ve had some “What the heck, God?” moments in the last little while, where I literally blurt this question out into the air. I know this isn’t really the most reverent way to approach the Creator of the universe, the ruler of the cosmos, but sometimes life just seems to throw a curve ball, an … Continue reading "What the heck?"

Choosing This Moment

Finding the beauty in the everyday

Category: Loving God