Dwelt Among Us & Tuesday Talk

And the Word become flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14 Dwelt Among Us.  When I think about Christ dwelling with us, I often think of the time He was here on earth. Around Christmastime, that’s what we tend to think about. We marvel and worship our King who came as a baby. Sometimes I wish I was alive during…

Became Flesh & Tuesday Talk

And the Word become flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14 Became Flesh. He became like us. Human. He was born. In the rush and pain of delivery. He had a mother. A father. Brothers and sisters. He had a home. And a family. With all of the noise and chaos of of the everyday. He experienced hunger, thirst,…

The Word & Tuesday Talk

And the Word become flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14 Words are hurled through the radio waves. Flung around the dinner table. Across the screens.  On our laptops. On our phones. We type. We text. We speak thoughts and opinions. Words will build and destroy. Words will sing or condemn. Words have such power. Still. No matter if they…

Seven Lessons I’ve Learned {so far} This Year

Seven Lessons I’ve Learned This Year From January to March our lives were busy with preparing to travel to China. Finishing up adoption paperwork, packing, and home schooling. March to May is a little blurry. Cocooning. That’s pretty much it. March was the month of transition. A month of transformation. A month of shifting. A shift in our world, a shirt in our hearts. June through September brought us out of the “China fog” and into a summer of relaxing, fun, and…