Radical Living-Day 2

Radical Living-Day 2

 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”  NIV (1 Corinthians 10:31) “There’s got to be more to life than this…”  These words–spoken sixty years ago by a young woman with four children...
Radical Living-Day 2

The Perfect Christian Mother?

 A friend recently told me I was trying too hard to be the perfect Christian mother.  We REALLY need to get to know each other on a deeper level.  She would never have made such a misguided comment if she had witnessed some of my more recent failings and faux pas. ...
Radical Living-Day 2

Cleansing in the Hidden Corners

I can still see my mother poised on the top of the ladder, rubber kitchen gloves pulled up to her elbows.  Thrusting a brillo pad in a bucket of steaming water and ammonia, she’d scrub the walls until every dust streak or scuff mark disappeared.  Spring cleaning...
Radical Living-Day 2

Directionally-Challenged

 In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.–Proverbs 16:9 (NIV) Maps were a mystery to me.  After all, I didn’t need to use one in the small farm town where I grew up.  But, Seattle was different.  Unfamiliar bridges, detours,...