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This article was recently published in the Purple Circle magazine.  A while back, I saw an interesting conversation on Facebook that had people pretty polarized.  It all started when a mom suggested she was encouraging her children not to show animals so that their family could go on a vacation to Disneyworld. Now, let me makeContinue reading “I’ll Take the Stock Show”

Well two more weeks down. When this all started I kind of told myself I could do anything for a month and now we’ve blown right by that. The CDC now recommends if you have to go out in public to wear a mask. Most (maybe all) parts of the country are under stay-at-home orders.Continue reading “COVID-19 Thoughts (Part 2)”

This afternoon, a friend texted me in an emergency. She and I have different faith traditions, but she said she did not know anyone else who prayed and asked if I would do so for her. While I hope my prayers were a gift to her, I am certain that her asking was a giftContinue reading “A Prayer Request”

Well. The last three weeks have been…insane. It feels strange to live in what will certainly be a moment in history. Generations from now will read about 2020 and the pandemic and how the world just about shut down. I feel like, much like September 11, we will likely look at this as a turningContinue reading “COVID-19 Thoughts (Post 1)”

Since we got married 5.5 years ago, we’ve dreamed about owning land for our cows. We saved and watched and skated by leasing 100 acres here and 30 acres there. In November, we finally bought our North Place. Last weekend, Ty finished building fence. Today, we turned our girls out on our very own grass.Continue reading “Turning The Cows Out”

A tiny piece of wheat bread and apple juice in a medicine cup. I listened to service online today from my college church and, as the church does every Sunday, they took communion. This week was different because there was no gathering, everyone was digging through their own cabinets to see what could serve asContinue reading “Virtual Communion”

I’ve been thinking a lot about how unaffected most of us really are by the current situation. We’re so fortunate and so busy thinking only about the minor inconveniences we are seeing that we forget for many of our neighbors there are far more serious issues. Let take a minute to stop thinking only ofContinue reading “Loving Our Neighbors in the time of Corona Virus”

It’s been a crazy day with the cancellation of the Houston Stock Show. People are upset and disappointed, rightfully so. These families invested time, money, and effort into these animals and I can’t imagine how I would have felt today. I love a show as much as anyone. But…I just keep thinking about the pointContinue reading “What Are We Teaching Them?”

It’s been a hard week for a lot of people in my life. Absolutely heartbreaking, shocking, unexpected things have happened. It’s has me thinking a lot about how to support people going through hard seasons. I never have the words and I always worry about saying the wrong ones. Sometimes that can leave me getContinue reading “Just Show Up”