Michelle Joy WatersMar 292 minHoly Land 2022It's been over a week since we returned from our Holy Land pilgrimage. What an amazing, life changing journey! Many people told me that...
Michelle Joy WatersMay 24, 20212 minMy Shooting Star (Don't Stop Me Now)*Little brown braids is graduating. Her college's slogan is: Hook 'em, Horns! It's a perfect fit for a girl who's had life by the horns...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 18, 20212 minStranger Things have happened on Ash WednesdayYesterday wasn't the strangest Ash Wednesday, but it was certainly up there. Twenty-five years ago—Ash Wednesday 1996—Eric got down on...
Michelle Joy WatersDec 4, 20201 minWomen's One Day 2021What a game changer of a year it's been! Join us for our Women's One Day Retreat: Game Changer: "See, I am doing something new!" We'll...
Michelle Joy WatersNov 30, 20202 minWe Do Not Lose Heart One of my children's all time favorite VBS songs is "We Do Not Lose Heart!" based on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. The littlest ones always...
Michelle Joy WatersOct 29, 20201 minQuiet On the Blog FrontIf 2020 has been anything, it's been loud. Too many words, too many opinions, too much noise... It's all been too much. So I've been...
Michelle Joy WatersJul 31, 20201 minOn a lighter note...I got to take most of the kids to visit our new dog today. We'll pick him up Monday. The big challenge is going to be agreeing on a name....
Michelle Joy WatersJul 24, 20202 minGetting UnstuckI know, I get it. It doesn't seem right—especially now—to complain about getting off track because of vacation. Seriously, I get it. Most...
Michelle Joy WatersJun 12, 20201 minThe Blessing of Ordinary MomentsAt the beginning of the lockdown, I started a list of all the small, daily blessings this new world order was bestowing on our family....
Michelle Joy WatersMay 22, 20202 minNow What?Here we are. Not much has changed. School ended without any fanfare. We held our breath, waiting for the end of "Zoom Gloom," monitoring...
Michelle Joy WatersMay 8, 20202 minLittle Altars at HomeHappy Mother's Day! The greatest gift this year will be heading back to church on Sunday after seven weeks at home. (Just so you know, I...
Michelle Joy WatersApr 24, 20202 minWhen you waver, find some winsSometime last week, most of us got the news that our little people wouldn't be going back to school. We all knew this was inevitable, but...
Michelle Joy WatersApr 17, 20201 minWhat's that to you?There are two sides to this Corona coin: the simple slowdown most of our lives desperately needed on the one hand, and the fear, anxiety,...
Michelle Joy WatersApr 10, 20202 minBe a FinisherWe've come to the end of Lent. And one day we'll come to the end of quarantine too. Ending well is important in any endeavor. Maybe even...
Michelle Joy WatersApr 3, 20202 minMake Every Day CountThe days run together in this thing called quarantine. For the first time, what we have in abundance is time. Hour upon hour of time. It...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 27, 20201 minFamily First, School Second More than ever, friends have been asking, "Why did you home school for so long? It's so hard!" There's a long answer to that, and it's...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 20, 20202 minGive Yourself Grace for "School at Home"We've all seen the funny memes and posts of frantic parents thrust completely and unexpectedly into the world of school at home. Let me...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 13, 20202 minAre You Afraid You've Fallen Behind?As meetings, practices, schools, and travel get cancelled one by one due to the pandemic known as the coronavirus, we find ourselves...
Michelle Joy WatersMar 6, 20201 minWe Have It BackwardsLent is a time to subdue our physical nature in the hope that our oft forgotten spiritual nature will be brought to the surface, refined,...
Michelle Joy WatersFeb 21, 20202 minHow to let go of Negative ThoughtsNo one knows exactly how many thoughts we have each day, but it's more than you'd expect: experts say it's up there in the tens of...