As my brother, sister-in-law, and family tried to practice the teachings of Christ, they developed a friendship with a Syrian refugee family. Justin and Annie were recently featured in “Love Thy Neighbor,” a film in The Perennial Plate’s series about American life. Be sure to enter my November Giveaway, featuring women artists, authors, and musicians. Over 21 prizes…
Author: Eric Schumacher
The Gospel of an Imperfect Worship Service
I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog. I enjoy his short, pithy posts, often full of wisdom about life, productivity, and service to others. Saturday morning, I opened my email to find a new post from him in my inbox—“A note from 2020.” The content was simple and insightful: “Twelve years from now, your future self…
The Gospel and Family Traditions
I’m thankful to Risen Motherhood for the invitation to write about how the Bible speaks to tradition. The piece is called “Gospel Thinking: How Do We Decide Our Family Traditions.” Here’s an excerpt: Efforts to keep Christ in our traditions can bring us into conflict with the world and family. Days of travel, feasting, gifts,…
#DadsHurtToo (Part 6) — Miscarriage and the Gospel
This is the concluding post in a series on miscarriage and the Gospel — “#DadsHurtToo — A Father’s Memoir of Miscarriage.” It’s been almost three years since our last miscarriage. Wounds are healing. Yet, I’d be lying if I said those foxes don’t still bark and nip from time to time. They bark, but the Gospel…
#DadsHurtToo (Part 5) — Miscarriage and Loneliness
This is the fifth post in a series— “#DadsHurtToo — A Father’s Memoir of Miscarriage.” In God’s kindness, we survived that year. Our son—Living Child #5—was born February 8, 2012, allowing us to spend the anniversary of our loss enjoying our newborn. With his birth, we were finished having children—miscarriage and the little foxes were not….