January 27, 2015April 10, 2023cross cultural friendships, The I'm not perfect club When I realize, again, That My Husband is a Better Christian Than Me. We had unexpected guests at the close of the year. One of the hazards of working cross culturally is that you sometimes […] Read more
February 25, 2014April 10, 2023capturing contentment, The I'm not perfect club Delegation You guys, I have a confession to make. I’m a little embarrassed about it, to tell the truth. I’m worried you won’t […] Read more
October 17, 2013April 10, 2023On Writing, The I'm not perfect club Help wanted I didn’t realize, until I put up that last post about Dek, that it had been a full month since I last […] Read more
February 21, 2013April 10, 2023personal growth, The I'm not perfect club, we like adventures Confessions of Recovering Control Freak Want to know how to make me fall apart? Give me a bunch of things I can’t do all by myself, that […] Read more
January 4, 2012April 10, 2023learning how to not be afraid, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club If only… I lost a paycheck, the one dated for January 1st that he handed me, along with a bunch of receipts as I […] Read more
December 29, 2011April 10, 2023The I'm not perfect club the Not Fake Holiday Letter – 2011 [Every year about this time I start to get daily hits for the Not Fake Christmas Letter post I wrote in 2006. […] Read more
November 7, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, One Thousand Gifts, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files What to do with failure, counting blessings He comes to me in the evening as teeth are being brushed and baths are drawn. “Could I talk to you in […] Read more
October 27, 2011April 10, 2023life with short people, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files Adornment All morning, whenever I sit still for her, Little is making me a princess. She inserts hair pins at random, and brushes […] Read more
October 18, 2011April 10, 2023daily moments, the everyday, The I'm not perfect club An Embarrassment of Riches They are all very loud, standing on the outside edge of the window sill, just behind this couch I sit in. There […] Read more
September 22, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, family, The Charis Project, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files Maybe I AM a Hypocrite He makes me wonder these days if I’m a hypocrite. We’re standing there in the dining room, his face flushed and his […] Read more