Posts Tagged ‘food’
Eating an Orange: Women and Food
February 22nd, 2012 by Jonalyn
I sat with an unpeeled orange in my lap looking out over the snowy hill. I could see the spot where we buried Lady Lucia, our oldest, loveliest corgi’s body (The Day Lucy Fell Into Shadow), the earth a little more scarred from the effort of digging a grave in the winter (Digging) I suppose [...]
Tags: body, food, marriage, motherhood, pain, sex
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Practical Rest: When Busy Women Welcome Sabbath
February 1st, 2012 by Jonalyn
You know I care about resting, that I try to practice Sabbath rest. But I don’t practice faithfully or consistently. In other words, I’m always looking for better ways to practice rest. One reader of RubySlippers, a woman I met at a speaking engagement in New Hampshire recently explains how she rests. As a mother [...]
Tags: family, food, motherhood, spiritual growth
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Mercy for Christmas
December 14th, 2011 by Jonalyn
As a young girl I played “Mercy” with other friends. The wrist-bending game where the loser had to shout, “Mercy.” The word that meant punishment would end, the word that was embarrassing to yell. Dale and I watched an episode of Midsomer Murders last weekend. The kind vicar with the bitchy wife was the murderer. Several [...]
Tags: family, feminin/masculin-ity, food, Gender Studies, marriage, motherhood, sex, spiritual growth
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Bump and Stumble – Meditation on Being Good Enough
December 7th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Dale left for an unexpectedly long trip on Friday. With husband stuck in an Eastern Colorado snowstorm and the interstate officially closed I found myself getting beyond weary with my little one. I could only salute single mothers from my Facebook status, eat chocolate cake and go to bed. No blogging, no emailing. I was [...]
Tags: family, food, motherhood, spiritual growth, vulnerability
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Sharing Your Faith . . . Without Losing Your Friends
November 2nd, 2011 by Jonalyn
Talking about God is more like slicing carrots than cooking them. You’ve got to be careful with that knife and the more time you take the better. Pressure does great things for cooking carrots and building faith, but it does nothing for sharing it. Pressure Free If we’re pressured for time, friends or approval, we [...]
Tags: apologetics, food, loving Jesus, spiritual growth
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How Motherhood Has (and Has Not) Changed Me
October 19th, 2010 by Jonalyn
You know how in certain seasons of life it seems like everyone is getting engaged (except you)? And then getting married? and then having their first kid? their second? their third? Dale often told me when I was beginning to want a wee one that most his friends were on their third baby. We tried [...]
Tags: family, food, motherhood, vulnerability
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Tidbits in My Tummy
December 8th, 2008 by Jonalyn
Syndicated from Gifted for Leadership Food, glorious food! It’s the time of year for eating. I imagine most of our Thanksgiving turkey gobbled up and the leftovers transformed into dishes like Real Simple’s recommendation: turkey barbeque sandwiches. Food and Power Food has power over our health. Earlier this week my husband, Dale, re-lived the poisonous [...]
Tags: food, loving Jesus
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