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New Year Reflections

Posted: December 31, 2013 Under: This Thing Called Life

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Once, when I was a kid, I read a book in which the tween-aged protagonist asked her dad why she had to wash the back of the plates while doing the dishes. After all, by her reasoning, you don’t ever use that part of them, and everybody only looks at the front anyway. His response … Continue reading "New Year Reflections"

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

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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"

The Hitchhiker

Posted: December 09, 2013 Under: Loving Others

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He stood by the stop sign with his thumb out in the mid-afternoon sun, but I knew I was not going far, and so I did not acknowledge his unspoken request. As I looked left down the hill, waiting for a break in traffic, he knocked on the passenger-side window. I could see his breath … Continue reading "The Hitchhiker"

Simple Pleasures

Posted: December 07, 2013 Under: This Thing Called Life

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On days when you wake up to find this when you walk out of your front door, this is a very pleasant way to spend your evening. I am so very blessed in this life I get to live. Though the world is full of things I don’t understand, though it is often a place … Continue reading "Simple Pleasures"

On Writing After NaNoWriMo

Posted: December 06, 2013 Under: Writing By Jenn No Comments

As it turns out, when you commit to producing a novel in a month, it doesn’t leave much time for other writing. When you do have free time, you find yourself wanting to do anything (run, read, daydream … you name it) other than plop yourself down in front of the computer as you attempt to … Continue reading "On Writing After NaNoWriMo"

Fostering Fellowship

Posted: October 29, 2013 Under: Loving Others By Jenn No Comments

Last night, we did something which we haven’t done for what must be close to a hundred years: we invited a bunch of people over for dinner. There were twelve of us in all, plus Nip and Nap, who weren’t quite sure what to make of this sudden influx of people. We ate salad and … Continue reading "Fostering Fellowship"

NaNoWriMo!

Posted: October 28, 2013 Under: Writing By Jenn 1 Comment

For as long as I can remember, I’ve imagined myself becoming a “real” writer. I’ve always had a fascination with combinations of words, with the magic of perfect sentences, with the way stories work. Though I have pursued a career in engineering (and have found that such a career is a good match for my … Continue reading "NaNoWriMo!"

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"

Time to Live

Posted: October 21, 2013 Under: This Thing Called Life By Jenn No Comments

They say that the important things in life, those things that really matter, those things worth pursuing – they say that those things require discipline. Faith, and exercise, and relationship, and art all demand time, consistent time, and intentional pursuit. Excellence does not just happen, a full life does not just happen, and if we … Continue reading "Time to Live"

Choosing This Moment

Finding the beauty in the everyday

Author: Jenn