Where is Ivy?…

As we left Dogwood Elementary this morning, Phoebe kept asking, “Where is Ivy?” Our answer, “School”, did not compute so she kept asking and soon enough it all crumbled into tears for her sister… This morning across Kearney kids are heading back to school. Some for the first time, others for the last (tomorrow Liberty […]

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five going on seventeen…

“I am five going on six…” ~ Ivy singing to the tune of Sound of Music’s Sixteen going on Seventeen Ivy is about to start Kindergarten. Just one week from today her little body will be attached to a comparatively ginormous backpack and walk into the world of no. 2 pencils… I am not at […]

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Being Followed…

This morning I am sitting in Panera working on the sermon schedule for the next 6 months. Of course I need to get my dates right, so I looked up this year’s Advent schedule online. (One might think a working Christian calendar would have been implanted when God called me into the ministry, but I […]

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Joy…

“The average amount spent on a wedding in the U.S. last year was $24,070.” ~ USA Today There are few times in life when one must stand up to begin a revolution, but the moment has come for me. For far too long women have struggled in our country for equal rights, and in so […]

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As a child…

“Is the baby naked inside your belly?” ~ Ivy Meg reads about the arrival of the Royal newlyweds, while I read about politics. She flips through pictures of dresses, while I contemplate debates and meetings at the White House. Normally I am surprised by the popularity of the Life section over the Front page – […]

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