A short while back, I posted a piece about the methods people use to share their rightly-deserved and varied political and moral beliefs. Initially, I wasn’t trying to state a political opinion, but was merely trying to vent my frustration at seeing my own children’s reaction to the bloody bodies of little babies alongside a road. So, I was struck by surprise at the firestorm that ensued from my little rant. Thankfully, many [...] We’re moving! While we’ve loved hanging at this site for the past five years, it’s time to move on to greener, more creative pastures. So, be sure to change your RSS subscriptions to reflect the new site name change. See you on the other side! ellen www.ellosy.com 
He woke with a certain sense of confidence; an assurance that everything was going to be okay. Toby is normally extremely positive and upbeat, but this was beyond the norm. When I asked what happened, he told me. He had a dream last night: a God dream. One of those where God speaks to you with insight and encouragement. In the dream, God spoke peace and light into our situation giving Toby the [...] 
The lights were out and we were all gathered together, sprawled out on the bunk beds, diving into the bedtime story, reading by the light from our headlamps. It was a riveting tale of soldiers, courage, danger and espionage; something for every young boy. I read the story with great drama, excited that all three were captivated by the tale of a young soldier hoping to serve her country by volunteering to become [...] 
I see them out there every week. Marching, protesting, waving their banners of bloodied baby bodies. Their cause is obvious; they want the world to see the horrors of abortion. Their right is true; America is a land of freedom of speech. Their approach is wrong. I pulled my car over to where they were standing, and asked if I could take their picture. They were hesitant, but when I told them that [...] 
I was sitting in the lobby of a neuropsych office, waiting on the boys, when I had one of those crazy deja vu moments. Normally, I just wonder if I experienced the moment in a dream or perhaps in an alternate reality, but this time I knew exactly where it was from. A year and a half ago, we were in the process of adopting twin toddlers from Ethiopia. After almost a decade [...] 
Have you ever been around one of those people who are always trying to prove themselves to you? Every anecdote you share, they have a bigger story. If you pedal a bike, they ride a Harley. If you eat cheese, they own a dairy. If you have a sniffle, they have leprosy. I met a new one recently. She blew me away with her ability to see reality in such a flowing, ever-evolving [...] 
“Oh my word!” I exclaimed to my husband. “Did you see that?!” He and I both looked at each other with a slight sense of giddy and hope. The boys had been quarreling, tears and anger roaring up inside them, when one of them pulled back and cocked his arm read to knock out his brother. Just before his fist flew into the waiting nose, he paused, turned, and came running to me. [...] 
I was mad. I was sick. I was tired. The kids constant fighting, arguing, anger, and fears were draining me and I felt left with an empty shell of a life. It was two hours before our house was going to be swallowed up in a slew of people coming over for Bible study, and chaos shrouded the place. I was rushing around trying to clean up toys, mop sticky floors, and fix [...] We were all gathered in the living room, neck-deep in the Story of God. As we listened and shared, questioned and stretched, we kept in mind the one major “rule” of the study: to stay on topic and keep the discussions on a fair, equal level, only discuss information that was previously shared in the story. So there we were. Listening. Sharing. Digesting. It was great. We were discovering new things and uncovering [...] |
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