If I Could Live Today Over Again …
Today, when I filled out my productivity sheet, in the section that begins “If I could live today over again, I’d …,” I wrote three things: waste more time, laugh more, and live more slowly.
In Your Own Words: Anne Wilson – Mundane
mun·dane – adjective \ˌmən-ˈdān, ˈmən-ˌ\ : dull and ordinary : relating to ordinary life on earth rather than to spiritual things __________ My toddler-son has a pretty limited vocabulary right now, but he knows one word for sure: more. It’s almost a guarantee...
Taking My Pace from Jesus
When I first read Ann Kroeker’s book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families, I was single. It seemed counterintuitive to read the book, given the subtitle. But I had just met Ann and our fast-forming friendship led me to believe there would be gems...
Week 4, Day 2: Unimportant Things
Saturday morning I was hurrying around the house trying to get the laundry done and the bathrooms cleaned after having stayed in bed a couple of extra hours. I wasn’t feeling well, and I had had a very busy week. The extra hours of rest were needed. But the...
Slow-Down Solutions for Singles: How We Got Here
How did we get here? Ann Kroeker asks in the third chapter of Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families. In other words, what led us to think that busy is better? I’ve asked myself that a lot over the years. There was one particular stretch when I...
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