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"The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens...

Have you seen those keyrings or magnets with the adage “Teaching is a work of heart”? As I pondered this, I thought that it should...

I can't shake off the thought that we must step away from life's busyness and find solitude and silence. Everywhere I turn, I hear people lamenting the noise and busyness of life, and maybe I need to keep speaking (and writing) about these ideas. A couple of weeks ago, our little Figs community group discussed a newsletter from S. D. Smith of Green Ember fame. (If you haven't read this series with your kiddos, sign up for his newsletter now, and you'll get a free copy of th

I recently finished reading Modern Miss Mason by Leah Boden, and I was encouraged by the freedom that Leah is giving homeschooling moms across the globe. This post is a narration of part of a chapter Leah wrote called Creating Soul Space, and I have sprinkled it with some of my own thoughts too. Madonna and Child by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato "Serenity of a Madonna.—There's a reason why the old painters, no matter how different their ideas about other matters m

‘…if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things’ – Philippians 4:8 Sand by Holly Gruver and Carli Olivier. PICTURE:...

Christmas is almost upon us, and the dizzying speed many of us have been going is slowing down. We have been bombarded by end-of-year...

What is this life, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like stars at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care,

(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's "Character(s) To Live By"column) A few years ago, our bible group meditated on the...

We hope you enjoy this nature calendar for September. Please post and comment if you follow any of the suggestions in the month ahead.

When a friend mentioned Holy Hygge¹: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow, I rushed to SCRIBD and saved it to my bookshelf. I have savoured it and enjoyed learning about this Danish lifestyle of slow and attentive living. In her chapter titled Well-Being, Jamie Erickson lays out various ways to take care of ourselves and others: to “regain a sense of value for ourselves and for our friends and neighbours” and to follow Jesus’ example to “have life—and

It is still dark when I pull my slippers on, wrap myself in my gown, and go to the kitchen to switch the oven on. By the time I have...