The Easter Season: The Hope That Is Rising

My last Easter post, was a hard one. It was hard to write about and it was hard to read. How does one seek to understand all that has been tainted, perverted and destroyed by sin without feeling the heaviness of the discouragement and desperation of sin. It makes it even worse to know that,…

The Easter Season and the Understanding of Sin

The countdown to Easter in our home is well underway. Lil' Man wakes up every morning and rushes to his Star Wars calendar so he can mark off one more day...with each mark in the calendar, he sees the closeness of Easter Sunday's arrival. He is so excited. The thrill of celebration and all that it entails…

Stories from the Homestead: Disappointments and Failures

Disappointments. Failures. I hate those two words, and coupled together, they just send my senses to an absolute unmatched level of frustration. In any area of my life, I don't handle any of these things very graciously. I let the very essence of them creep into my attitude and my thoughts. Lately, there have been…