My friend Heather made a prayer binder a few years ago in a workshop I taught and has been using it ever since. I asked her if she would mind sharing her thoughts with us on her prayer binder and how it has helped her pray more consistently. Introduction Heather: My husband and I met…
You guys, it has been 10 years–A DECADE–since I started sharing about my prayer binder! Since the first posts, it has pretty much had the same backbone, but many different iterations! In the coming weeks I’ll be sharing more posts about prayer binders but wanted to walk you through what mine looks like today and…
If you have ever struggled with making a hard decision and freeze up or avoid them at all costs, this template might help. It started out as a list I wrote out in my prayer binder years ago when I had to make a very tough decision. I kept adding to until it got too…
As many of you know, I’ve been working hard on retyping and editing a wonderful memoir from the 1830’s. (I still need help proofreading, if you could help, see this post, it’s not a big commitment at all, and you get to read the entire book for free as I type it!) As I’ve been…
I was recently talking to a friend whose daughters were going to stay with family for a week and she would have some time to herself after work each day. There were lots of things she could do like we all could when we find ourselves with our children at a summer camp or VBS…
Week 11 brought in some sunny days and more rain here in Oregon. But on the sunny days we got to work on the garden expansion for Zombie Bottoms Garden (started in March 2020, when it seemed like Zombies could be a legitimate threat).
I have had my prayer since about 2014. I don’t use it every day, but it is the main backbone of my prayer time. I love it. It’s messy. It’s well used. and much loved. Recently I tried something new with it. The cool people call this a “hack.” I call it “carrying a person through…
UPDATE 2 YEARS LATER: I want to do this again so much! These were truly wonderful times. I often think someday I’ll get around to it, but forget that it doesn’t have to be a big trip, or even a full day event like this. I could easily do this during an afternoon that I…