What is your only comfort in life and death? This is the first line of the Heidelberg Catechism, the most popular and enduring catechism written during the Reformation. Widely studied, memorized, preached, and written about, it is so popular because it is full of gospel comfort and practical piety. No matter what is happening in […]
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Ah, Holidays!
Our family, except for my husband, is blessed with a week off. We are settling in for a blissful winter break. All I want to do is be lazy, eat dark chocolate (and other good things), read books, and go cross country skiing. The kids each have their own goals, involving the movie TinTin, music, books, DVD’s, […]
Advice for Living from Michael Catt
I found this gem in Courageous Living by Michael Catt: 1.When in doubt, don’t. 2.Be where you are supposed to be, when you are supposed to be there, doing what you are supposed to be doing. (p 85) As Catt says, those two rules pretty much cover every life situation. — For more encouragement, practical […]
More About Lonely Married Moms
Jessica from Life as Mom asked the following question about my review of Married Mom, Solo Parent by Carla Ann Coroy: Does she address the fact that women for centuries have dealt with this? I imagine that the experience cannot be unique to our time, especially given the huge number of wars in world history. […]
Sean Quigley: Spreading the Word the Best Way I Can
“Christmas is about the Lord Jesus being born, and that’s that.” To spread this message, Sean Quigley, a 16 year-old Winnipeg high school student, created and uploaded a video that has gone viral, with over 750,000 views in 12 days. Sean arranged the music, played all the instruments, did the vocals, recorded it, and then shot and edited […]