It’s inevitable.No matter how many times I take this quiz—no matter how many answers I change here or there—I always get the same result.Do I cool down with an iced coffee or a cold beer? Doesn’t matter. The verdict is always…You Are Baseball GamesYou like old fashioned things. You're one of those people who values tradition.You enjoy a slow pace … [Read more...]
Lenten Reflections
I spend a lot of time fretting over why some people do what they do. I wonder, why don’t I just ask them?* * *If there are two things I’m really, really not fond of, they are sin and death. Since both are absolutely unavoidable, I should learn how to deal with them.* * *I have been praying fervently for a spiritual director. When I told this to my … [Read more...]
27 Weeks on the 27th
I was going to participate in Jen’s 7 Quick Takes today but I just don’t have it in me. Too much time at the computer and my back cries out in protest…too much time spent on any activity and my back cries out in protest.This is why:You see how much I love you, right? I am willing to drag my massive frame and aching back out into a raging Minnesota … [Read more...]
A Treatise on Pickles, Patience and Bread
Part IIRead Part I here.By the time the loaves of bread had risen to the tops of the pans and had baked in the oven to a crusty brown, the afternoon was almost gone. “They’re beautiful,” Mother said, as Ginnie cautiously took the pans from the oven.“They’re done.” Ginnie gave a vast sigh of relief. “But it takes a lot of time.”When I finally found … [Read more...]
Big with Child
That’s me.I’m not complaining, mind you. Neither am I moving very…fast these days. Hey, I made it over to the computer. I’m doing well!Tell me again why we purchased a two-story house.Tell me again why we have our classroom on the second story.Heck, tell me again why we’re homeschooling period when I could, instead, be accountable to no man other … [Read more...]
7 Quick Takes Friday
The Scanned, Autobiographical EditionIn gearing up to resume the telling of my conversion story, I thought I might share a few images from my past--seven of them, because it is, after all, 7 Quick Takes Friday.Do you mind revisiting my past with me? Here are a few of the people and ideas that shaped a much younger Margaret, pulled straight from the … [Read more...]
Uphill Both Ways (In a Blizzard)
On Saturday Joe & I were on our way to his therapy. (A date with my son! How lucky am I?) I turned the radio to a local Christian station and the unmistakably rich vocals of Mac Powell filled the car.You gotta love Third Day.Thinking to impress my preteen companion, I remarked, “I saw this guy in concert, you know.”“Oh?” Joe responded.And then, … [Read more...]
Feeling Social Saturday
The Quilting EditionIt’s official: I am starting a quilt block this morning.This is insanity, really—I have never quilted before and so...what? I join a 12-month quilting bee?Ridiculous.But very, very exciting.One of the desires of my (ever-distracted) heart is to be more creative—to engage in more activities that will last, in some way, and to … [Read more...]
Fear of God and Humility of Heart
This was what I read when I opened my copy of The Imitation of Christ this morning:Whatever the mind sees as good, ask and desire in fear of God and humility of heart. Above all, commit the whole matter to Me with true resignation, and say: “Lord, You know what is better for me; let this be done or that be done as You please. Grant what You will, … [Read more...]
Q & A for U & Me
So I waxed nostalgic yesterday and then asked myself, “How interesting, really, is all that? Do people care about my past life, or are they more interested in Angela’s anecdotes and my struggles with going/not going/going/not going Low-Carb. (I may be ready to blog about my nutritional struggles again…by next August…maybe...)I also alluded to my … [Read more...]
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