by Kit | Dec 9, 2016 | Advent Reflections, Pin-couragement
“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” —Matthew 2:2 Today I’m pondering God’s global influence to draw to himself all whose hearts are prepared. Bringing peace to those who...
by Kit | Oct 12, 2015 | On Living, On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
It must be recess time across the orchards at Maple Elementary, ‘cuz right now, waiting for you, Olivia, sounds a lot like a mingle of children’s hoops and hollers floating through the window screen. I’m in your parents’ master bedroom...
by Kit | Sep 19, 2015 | On Loveliness, Pin-couragement, Reasons to Believe, Uncategorized
In Sweet Home Alabama, young Melanie and Jake stand on the beach under stormy skies. She asks, “Why’d you wanna marry me for, anyhow?” Jake says, “So I can kiss you anytime I want.” I drove ten minutes for this lake view. And it’s...
by Kit | Sep 26, 2014 | On Loveliness, Think About these Things
Clouds conceal the mountaintops today. Thick and gray. Foreboding even. But I have a hunch something is happening behind the clouds, beyond what my eyes can see. There’ve been clues: the temperature plummeted yesterday, and it is autumn, after all. So I’m...
by Kit | Aug 12, 2014 | On Loveliness, Pin-couragement, Reasons to Believe
An excerpt from The Curate of Glaston by George MacDonald (I love this book!): As he walked and thought, a fresh wave of doubts washed over him. ‘The ideas of religion are so grand,’ he said to himself, “and the things all around it in life so...