The scripture reading for today is Matt. 22; Mark 12 (yesterday’s was Mark 11; John 12).

There’s been a flurry of creation around the O’Donnell home as of late–from Lily’s ‘Clubhouse Plan’ (I’ll spare you a picture since its extremely similar in form to the Halloween schedule), to the ‘Baby Train’,
 

 
to Charlotte’s Duplos tower (the flu [...]

The Bible reading for today is Luke 18:15-19:48.
 

 
My kids were ridiculously excited for Halloween this year.  Since its not my favorite holiday (if you can call it that), I tried to play up the harvest theme and play down the spooky theme.  Our front porch is a reflection of the ‘harvest’ theme–the beauty of God’s [...]

1 Nov: the Bible reading for today is Matt. 20-21
 
Ladies, we are exactly 2/3 of the way (60 out of 89 chapters) through the gospels as we toggle between the synoptic accounts & John J It has been an exciting approach that I’ve never taken before & have found the comprehensiveness of it comforting in [...]

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as ransom for many.”
 
Ransom has been echoing in my mind since I read it.  Two parts seem to need to be in place to uphold the framework of the idea…someone or something that is a [...]

The Bible reading for today is John 11 .
 
Once again, the last few days of Bible reading have left me feeling extremely convicted.  Jesus’ words have hit home over and over in Luke’s gospel and again today in John’s.  I’ve been challenged to leave everything and follow Jesus.  These words take some thinking–I mean, I live [...]

The Bible reading for today is Luke 16:17:10.

 
Our second gathering of Little Oaks was delightful!  Although sweet Zoe here was one of only 2 girls (the other being Claire), the little band of brothers had lots of fun with trains, cars, blocks and books.  Books were quite the hit (especially with Isaac).

 
Besides learning to share, [...]

The Bible reading for today is Luke 14-15.

If you have been following along with the Bible readings the last few days, you’ve likely been shocked at Jesus’ words in Luke.  They’ve been anything but “meek and mild”!  I have felt myself flinching at some of his very piercing words–and pausing to consider where I need [...]

The Bible reading for today is Luke 12-13 (yesterday’s was Luke 10-11; John 10:22-42).

 
I mentioned last week my current breadmaking inspiration–after having an entire loaf devoured last night at Growth Group (with nearly every woman requesting the recipe), I decided to share it with you, as well as encourage you to attend our next Sisters [...]

Just a quick, quick note to say how thankful I am that next weekend (and subsequent weekends) Julie Roper will be blogging here.  It will give me a ‘break’ on some of our home’s busiest days (especially Sundays!). 
 
I hope your faith was fed today by God’s Word, the fellowship of your sisters and brothers and [...]

The Bible reading for today is John 9:1-10:21.
 

 
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” (G.K. Chesterton)  Perhaps your fear of ‘doing badly’ has kept you from beginning some form of family worship or devotions at your home–last night at the James’ home, we gathered to discuss the nuts and bolts of how to [...]