Holy Land 2022
It's been over a week since we returned from our Holy Land pilgrimage. What an amazing, life changing journey! Many people told me that...
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Michelle Joy Waters
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
My 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 Waters
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Stranger Things have happened on Ash Wednesday
Yesterday 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 Waters
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
Women's One Day 2021
What 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 Waters
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
We 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 Waters
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
Quiet On the Blog Front
If 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 Waters
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
On 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 Waters
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Getting Unstuck
I 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 Waters
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Blessing of Ordinary Moments
At 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 Waters
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Now 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 Waters
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Little Altars at Home
Happy 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 Waters
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
When you waver, find some wins
Sometime 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 Waters
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
What'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 Waters
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Be a Finisher
We'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 Waters
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
Make Every Day Count
The 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 Waters
- Mar 27, 2020
- 1 min
Family 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 Waters
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
Give 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 Waters
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Are 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 Waters
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
We Have It Backwards
Lent 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 Waters
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
How to let go of Negative Thoughts
No 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...