life

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvoBPVsjdog?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0&w=500&h=281] “But I will show you a still more excellent way.”1 Corinthians 12.  Oh yes, I’m starting off with the Bible!  For years and years my favorite Bible verse has been—and continues to be—John 16:33: “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m6ofEFtOCg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0&w=500&h=281] “The producers of October Baby have assigned 10% of the profits of the movie to Every Life is Beautiful Fund, which will distribute funds to frontline organizations helping women facing crisis pregnancies, life-affirming adoption agencies, and those caring for orphans.” The movie comes out March 23.   Okay and so does The Hunger…

Music

Okay so I may be an artist. But that doesn’t mean that creative thinking comes easily for me. Most of the time I need poked by inspiration or someone else’s creative ideas in order to play it out in my brain what I need to do. So this lack of creativity resonates into my parenting…

I finished reading Abby Johnson’s book, Unplanned.  I’ll start off by saying it wasn’t the Planned Parenthood-bashing style book I’d expected it to be.  This book affirmed many of the sentiments I’ve begun to feel and realizations I’ve begun to materialize over the past few years:  There are good, well-intentioned people on both sides of the…