This is the final post in a Saturday Series digging into the destructive emotion of jealousy. If you need to catch up, here’s what you missed: Part 1: Here I outlined how jealousy starts with fear, leads to anger, and eventually to some pretty destructive sin. Part 2: We looked at how Saul let fear […]
Archives for March 2014
Redeeming Love
As a former foster parent in the U.S., and a current adoption advocate in Nicaragua, caring for children in transition is extremely near and dear to my heart. In the past two years, I’ve encountered three particular stories that helped me understand the life of the child in need — and what they need in […]
PG-13 Brownies
Time for a parenting post from the archives. The following was originally posted on my personal blog on May 29, 2008, when I had two young kids in elementary school. (Wow! I can’t believe it’s been that long!) Figured it was worthwhile to repost for anyone who is now navigating the role of media influence […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Oreos
Before I moved to Nicaragua, I shared my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Up until a few months ago, that was my go-to cookie. I could pretty much make it in my sleep, and had fine-tuned my process so I could make six dozen of those treats in under an hour (well, that was back […]
Blooming and branding
Last week we spent two days at Disney. It had been ten years since we last visited the Disney machine, so when some friends we hadn’t seen in a while suggested we meet there — and we realized our oldest has just three Christmases at home before her childhood officially becomes the content of photo albums […]
Rights Revealed
Because we weren’t legal residents of Nicaragua until recently, we spent the first 16-months here on 90-day tourist visas. We were allowed to request an additional 90-day extension, but only once in a six-month period (and it wasn’t guaranteed to be granted). So, there were several days when we ventured to the immigration office to […]