Archive for the ‘Believing’ Category
Yet another book meme
Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages). Open the book to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the next three sentences Taken from Closer Than Your Skin by Susan D. Hill: As I drove on Highway 302 through North Conway, New Hampshire, I thought of the night God had saved my [...]
February 7, 2008
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Monica Brand · 
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Posted in: Believing, Reading
Something new
Today we attended our first CBS. Why didn’t someone tell me about this before? All these years I’ve been sitting home and all this time… Community Bible Study a short drive away. I wonder if anyone has blogged the lessons before. Just a thought. So, we missed last week, the official start date because Susan [...]
October 4, 2007
· Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Posted in: Believing, Living
On discipline
From J. Mark Bertrand at The Master’s Artist: When I first heard the term “spiritual discipline,” it seemed like an oxymoron. I thought of spiritual things as ecstatic and impromptu, as far from disciplined as it is possible to get. Paradoxically, though, I came to find that these disciplines really do foster a spiritual mindset. [...]
August 3, 2007
· Monica Brand · No Comments
Posted in: Believing, Writing
The most amazing thing happened today
We rescued an injured red-tailed hawk today. The kids and I headed out early this morning to go to my mom’s. Not too long into the trip, I noticed a beautiful raptor sitting on the side of the road in the grass. Being the hip home schooling mom that I am, I always take the [...]
July 24, 2007
· Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Tags: adventures, birds, prayer · Posted in: Believing, Home schooling, Learning
Girl gets prayer book
I recently read Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner. It’s a memoir (love that) and a story of a spiritual journey (really love that). Winner writes about how she went from Orthodox Jew to faith in Jesus. A brave book, this is. I first had my hand on this book a year or so [...]
May 16, 2007
· Monica Brand · 5 Comments
Posted in: Believing, Reading
The Christian writer as parent
From Rene Gutteridge, mother and author: To fulfill ourselves, we must be communing with God, trusting that we don’t have to do it all on our own. I spent many years writing like crazy, trying to keep up a momentum I was so afraid to lose. Hanging in the balance was my family. I am [...]
May 2, 2007
· Monica Brand · No Comments
Posted in: Believing, Writing
