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June 13, 2014 3 Comments

Pursuing Your God-Given Dreams

Pursuing Your God-Given Dreams

As a boy, my father-in-law, Clement (also known by his English nickname, "Bud"), accompanied his dad to some remote African villages where they planned to distribute a small quantity of leaflets with a message of the Bible in French. The family served as missionaries in what was then known as Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC), where Bud was born and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: taking risks Tagged With: Congo Open Heart, God-given talents and dreams, pursue your God-given dreams, pursuing your God given dreams, Talents and Dreams

August 17, 2011 8 Comments

Curiosity Journal: Aug 17, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, family, life, self-discovery, taking risks Tagged With: Curiosity Journal, Milkweed, PhotoPlay

July 6, 2010 23 Comments

Wherever You Send Us, We Will Go

My dad phoned on Saturday asking if we could help him with a rental unit. The renter moved out, and Dad needed help cleaning and hauling some trash and tree branches. But more than anything, Dad needed someone to examine the crawlspace. A year or two ago, Dad actually tried to squeeze under there. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, taking risks Tagged With: fitness, health, serving

June 10, 2010 12 Comments

Food on Fridays: Taste-Testing Chickpea Soup

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to list your three favorite cookbooks, that’ll do just fine. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: change, creativity, Food, Food on Fridays, home, lifelong learning, taking risks Tagged With: chickpea, chickpea soup recipe, chickpeas

May 12, 2010 15 Comments

Boy Meets Bag

A couple of years ago the kids and I were looking through the purses and bags at Goodwill, and our son announced that he, too, wanted a purse. I suppose he would have been about six years old at the time.A bag of his own could contain his wallet, ChapStick, a notepad and pen, his Nintendo DS—such a practical solution for easy transport! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, family, motherhood, parenting, taking risks Tagged With: man bag, parenting boys

April 28, 2010 19 Comments

Celebrating My Writer-Mom

My mom worked as the editor of our local newspaper, covering news all over the county. If a reporter couldn't make it to an event, Mom would grab her camera, reporter's pad, and pen—and quite often her daughter—to capture the news herself. This meant that whether I wanted to or not, I visited sporting events, live nativity scenes, church bazaars, festivals, fairs, horse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, creativity, family, motherhood, parenting, self-discovery, taking risks, Uncategorized, writer, writers, writing, Writing in the Midst of Motherhood Series

April 22, 2010 23 Comments

Food on Fridays: Festival Spillage

Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. Food on Fridays Participants 1. N is for Nutrition@ frugalcrunchychristy' s2. April@ The 21st Century Housewife (White Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies)3. Marinara Sauce Crockpot Style4. Giveaway to Enhance Food5. Prudent & Practical {Pancakes}6. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Food on Fridays, taking risks, travel, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: Culver's, root beer

April 20, 2010 8 Comments

Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: Friday Highlights

The Festival is over. I've returned home to laundry and lunches. I've also typed e-mails with numerous typos due to the blur of fatigue. Dare I continue the story even though the fun is fading into quotidian reality? I'll try...let's see how it goes.After Eugene Peterson's talk on Friday, my anonymous friend headed off to visit a friend while Leslie Leyland Fields and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, books, creativity, taking risks, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: Anita Lustrea, Ann Voskamp, Chrysostom Society, David C. Cook, festival of faith & writing, ffw, FFW10, Kate DiCamillo, l.l. barkat, Leslie Leyland Fields, lisa samson, Luci Shaw, Thomas Lynch

April 13, 2010 18 Comments

Disney Survivor

We waited 16 years to take the plunge.We put it off mostly because it's the opposite of everything I would ask for in a vacation destination. And, to be honest, I wasn't sure this slow-craving, introvertive mom could survive it. But it occurred to us one cold winter evening that we only have a few more trips with our almost-16-year-old daughter before she heads off to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, family, motherhood, parenting, taking risks, travel Tagged With: Disney World, Disneyworld, Walt Disney World, WDW

March 25, 2010 2 Comments

The Collision of Work and Family: Bump

In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote:During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.The conflict—or collision—of work and family summed up in a word:  Bump.Ouch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: change, children, family, high calling blogs, parenting, self-discovery, simplicity, Slow Movement, slowing, taking risks Tagged With: balance, HCB, HighCallingBlogs, work-family balance

March 17, 2010 2 Comments

Post-Wog Flop

My daughters and their friends flop onto the grass after a five-mile training "wog." Submitted to Wordless Wednesday."Tired Woggers" photo by Ann Kroeker © 2010It’s easy to subscribe to annkroeker.com updates via email or RSS feed.Visit NotSoFastBook.com to learn more about Ann’s new book. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, exercise, family, taking risks Tagged With: half-marathon training, wog, wogging, Wordless Wednesday

March 14, 2010 17 Comments

Wogging the Mini

We're training for a half-marathon with our girls. Boy, has it been hard to drag ourselves out and log the miles. Thursday it was all we could do to make it out and back again for a total of 3.8 miles. And I can't call that outing a run; for that matter, it wasn't even a jog. Part walk/part jog ... I believe we went on a "wog." At any rate, this is our second year training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: change, children, exercise, family, home, parenting, self-discovery, simplicity, taking risks Tagged With: family run, half-marathon, jogging, wog, wogging

March 13, 2010 13 Comments

Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does It Work?

Writing

Not long ago I wrote about Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique when working with writers. The post generated a variety of responses as the conversation continued in the comments. Shepherdsgrace, for example, had a terrific experience in a writing workshop that included input from the professor and classmates. She explained: when I was in college I had the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: change, creativity, lifelong learning, self-discovery, taking risks, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: clicker training, learning, positive training, reward training, skill-building techniques

February 22, 2010 32 Comments

Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique

Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique

  Writers write to be heard, which means writers must brace themselves for input, whether it ends up being destructive criticism or health critique. J.C. Schaap describes this kind of input among students in his blog post "Witless Fear and Hug Lines." In it, he tells how scary it is for a student to lay out something he or she has written in front of her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, Blogger, blogging, creativity, lifelong learning, taking risks, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: criticism, critique, poetry, writing workshop, writing workshops

January 30, 2010 18 Comments

MMM January 2010: Final Celebration

Mega Memory Month January 2010 Final CelebrationMega Memory Month comes to a close.The last day of the month, January 31st, falls on a Sunday. I love that. Those of us who have memorized Scripture can post our passages and share them on a day of rest and worship.Let's share our projects, our progress, our successes!Link up your posts via Mr. Linky or create something to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: change, lifelong learning, mega memory month, memorization, mind, MMM, self-discovery, simplicity, taking risks Tagged With: memory work, Scripture memory work

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