Through the Eyes of Mary Magdalene

As I read the gospel accounts of Easter week and studied a Bible commentary, Mary Magdalene stood out to me. I imagined her experience and felt her emotions along with her from despair to elation. As I journaled, God spoke personally and powerfully to me in a transformative way. Here, I have written out the…

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Buy Our Pork

Buy pork locally from Sparrow Springs Family Farm! Our meat is USDA inspected, frozen, vacuum sealed and raised in the fresh air right here in Tontitown, Arkansas.  STATUS: Not Available MENU Bacon $12/lb Pork Chops $11/lb Pork Butt $10/lb Picnic Shoulder  $10/lb Bratwursts  $8/lb Spare Ribs  $8/lb Ground sausage (original or spicy) $7/lb PinterestFacebookTwitterEmail

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Willing

Rosy kitchen, my coffee steamy, podcast ready, muffin ingredients gathered.In waltzes the tiptoe maiden, carrying a stool.I pause the show, move my mug and sigh.Giddy helper, spiller of flour, her ready hands slow like a waiting room.I battle: hand her a tablet or hand her the tablespoon. Distract her and move along or steward love with…

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Six Months Reading Aloud

In 2016, I discovered Sarah Mackenzie’s Read Aloud Revival podcast and it changed the trajectory of my parenting. I binge listened as Sarah interviewed scholars, psychologists, authors, librarians and parents about the joys and riches of reading aloud to children. From nursery rhymes and picture books to middle grade novels and Shakespeare, I learned how…

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Six Months Connecting with Nature

I remember being six years old living on Texas acres watching lightning storms from the porch with my dad and crunching through leafy woods with my mom. I remember stuffing apron pockets with wild blackberries and walking home purple-fingered, jumbled between two big happy dogs. I remember perching high in my great-grandma’s fragrant magnolia tree,…

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