^So there's this troll. Which is probably a spam network of computers like I've been reading about that's trying to take over the internet...one trashcanned website filled up with spam at a time. Though, since I reported that I was having the same problem as another popular blogger, the constant s…

At the beginning of the New Year, a great many people examine and assess their lives, and many of those make physical fitness goals for the year ahead. We're almost a full month into 2013 now, and perhaps you've done that very same thing this year . . . but have you ever considered the spi…

My husband and I were married in my home state of Pennsylvania 30 years ago in December of 1982, but a couple weeks later, we had a repeat ceremony in Wisconsin (his home state, and where we first met at graduate school, and where we still live ~ see here for more on how we met). So, as I sometim…

I admit to my dependence on you the very moment I assert my independence from you. What makes my independence possible is that which makes it impossible.

This past weekend I had the privilege to travel to the Twin Cities' area to attend the Desiring God seminar, "A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer." (Many thanks to my husband! :) ) The first section of the seminar addressed the Christian's communion with God. As way of introdu…