30 Dec Open
I haven't done this in a month, but here I am again on a Friday, unleashing myself on the world for five minutes flat. No over thinking. Which is just what I need this week. The prompt is "Open".Go.I'm open. That is a fact. As...
December 2011
07 Dec Bedtime Hymns
Lately, at bedtime, when I ask Adrian what he wants to sing, he always answers, “Father.” So I sing, “Good Night my Father.” And I think of this post from three years ago when Camilla was his age. When each of my kids were infants,...
01 Dec It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Advent is upon us. It seemed to sneak up on me this year. Since Christmas falls on a Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent was as far from Christmas as it can be. The time of preparation lasts longer than usual this year. And that can only...
25 Nov Grateful
Time for my second attempt at Five Minute Friday. Five minutes of writing, no editing, just hit that publish button! And the prompt is "Grateful." Didn't I already cover this? Oh well, I'm sure I'll come up with something.Yesterday at the Thanksgiving table. It has...
23 Nov Not just another post on Thankfulness
Well, maybe it is. Everybody's posting on how grateful they are for this and that, but I just had to jump on the bandwagon. I am up to my elbows in pottytraining my two-year-old. That's rather early or a little late, depending on who you talk...
18 Nov Grow: My first attempt at participating in Five Minute Friday!
It's unprecedented! A post two days in a row on Joy in the Journey? That never happens. Well, it's happening today. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was thinking about doing Five Minute Friday and here I am. I will write for five...
17 Nov It’s Shoebox Time!
In true Alison form, I am waiting till the last minute to pack our shoeboxes for OCC. That's OCC, not OCD. Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse.This is the third year that Camilla and I are filling shoeboxes with gifts for children in...
09 Nov Sweet Surrender
Lately God’s been asking me to surrender. Last week, in Sunday School, our young adults pastor (and yes, I still qualify as a young adult!) made a comment about surrender. When we give things to God, He often hands them back to us in better...
02 Nov Becoming Relevant
Last Friday I “almost” started a new thing called Five Minute Friday. I’d seen a few of these on other blogs. The blogger writes for five minutes straight on a given topic and then stops. That’s it. Blog post finished. Seems like a good way...
26 Oct Has it really come to this? Thoughts on being a writer in the Internet age.
I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block lately. Well, not exactly writer’s block. Just blogger’s block, I guess. I’ve written a poem, but it’s nothing I want to share yet. I’ve started and not finished a whole slew of posts. I'm basically "finished" with...