It was irritating, it was compelling. It was…and here’s that word again, convicting. It was a book called Serve God, Save the Planet. This book was revolutionary to me. It put into perspective so much of what I was uncomfortable with in my life as a middle-class white American Christian. One, short little sentence thatContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part six: But I can’t sew and other objections”
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Challenge Update: Week 43
Nine weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet We spent this week “vacationing” in the “South of France”. Why the quotation marks, you ask? Because is it still a “vacation” if it is at one’s in-laws house? And although it is south of where we live, in the cusp of Provence, itContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 43”
Challenge Update: Week 42
The storm before the calm before the storm Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I’m trying to think of a moment this week when something I saw might have caused me to covet what someone else owned, and honestly, I can’t think of a thing. Now. That could be because nearly every time IContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 42”
Challenge Update: Week 41
Back to regularly scheduled programming This week had moments of normalcy, moments of inspiration, moments of flow and the longest 24-hours of low-tide I have ever experienced. Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought no clothes this week. Not for me, at least. One day this week, my littlest scalawag’s teacher was absentContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 41”
Challenge Update: Week 40
Celebrating 300 articles! If 40 weeks doesn’t sound like a lot, then maybe 300 articles does? Or, I don’t know, 289,000 words? I’ll be the first to admit that all 289,000 aren’t great. I never set out to write a certain number, neither of words nor articles. I wanted to write about the journey, andContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 40”
Challenge Update: Week 38
The week before the most important day of the year Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet One can never have too many zebra dresses. Lily Fields, modern-day Cruella DeVil Let me remind you that last week, I was saying, “One can never have too many green dresses.” So…let’s just all get over my flightinessContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 38”
Planning and Flying
Have you ever watched a child craft? I’m not talking about a guided, grown-up assisted crafting session. I’m talking about a get-out-all-the-glue-sticks, spare-no-feathers, bring-on-the-googly-eyes affair. Let them sit down at a table with dozens of options and watched the sparks fly (figuratively, please!) while they decide exactly what they can do with all this stuff?Continue reading “Planning and Flying”
Challenge Update: Week 37
The week of technical difficulties. Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet This one is hard to categorize this week, as my always thoughtful sister has made an offer I can’t refuse. Leave it to Poppy Fields to suggest that she would like to get me a zebra dress for my birthday. Which, of course,Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 37”
Challenge Update: Week 36
A week of Zebras, Queries and Legos Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought no clothes this week. However: I saw a woman wearing a zebra print wrap dress. And do you know what happened? I questioned my every life decision. I saw that dress and I instantly regretted my whole “oh, let’sContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 36”
Challenge Update: Week 35
Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet Did I covet this week? No. Did I break a mostly unwritten rule, though? Yeah. Maybe. Remember last week, when I confessed to coveting pink high top Converse All Stars? Well, this week, my husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told him IContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 35”
Sing With Your Feet 