It’s nearly Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? The weather is getting cooler, school projects are wrapping up, and it is almost time to feast on some turkeys. But as we get prepared for the whirlwind of cooking and visiting that make up the holiday, it is so important that we take a minute to stop … [See more…]
What is love? Does it have a definition? Do you know it when you see it? Do you know how you’d describe it? If others are supposed to recognize us as followers of Jesus by our love like John 13:35 says, then we’d better know how to answer those questions. We’d better know how to … [See more…]
A few months ago, while I was looking through some of Benjamin’s stuff, I came across this piece of paper. I have no idea where it came from, and neither does Benjamin, but it now hangs up on our bulletin board as a sort of reminder. Across the top, it reads, “All of our actions … [See more…]
For those of you who don’t know me well, despite the fact that I am a blogger and a podcaster who talks an awful lot about my life, I somehow still manage to be an incredibly private person. There are just some things that I don’t talk about. Ever. This is one of them. I … [See more…]
Ok, guys. I’m going to be really honest with you. Pathetic blogger moment ahead. I wanted to start this post off with something funny and relatable to kick things off with some energy. Writing funny stories is one of my favorite things to do, and hey, if I were a reader, I would probably stick … [See more…]
You know the verse that says we shouldn’t grow weary of doing good? Well, I failed. Pretty badly. As we geared up start the Wicket Gate again this week like we had scheduled, I could barely bring myself to think about it. As if I hadn’t been busy enough trying to keep up with work … [See more…]
Hello there, stranger! When Meredith wrote her last post about “how we live our days is how we live our lives,” we were thinking about taking a week or two off from The Wicket Gate. That week or two ended up turning into a month, but guess what? WE’RE BACK! 🙂 We thought we were … [See more…]