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A Friday Paradox

I love this word. Paradox. In a conversation through this space about marriage, Evan Forester and I shared ideas on submission. Wise Evan called up Paul’s words in his letter to the leaders in Phillipi and the whole concept also became relevant to TODAY’s current events (of all things). Philippians 2 puts it: “Have this [...]

A Year … Almost

Mom has moved the pillow to the center of the bed: submission to the truth. He is with Jesus and her life is changed. How can she be happy that he’s gone? How can we celebrate the joy of heaven when we have such guttural pain in our body? It’s the most ultimate choice [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 16, 2012 in Living Vertically, The Mystery of Marriage | 4 comments

Marriage In The Trash Compactor

Submit. This word has been in our atmosphere a lot lately. Godly submission, idea submission, submitting to our spouse, our situation, our better self. Every day – indeed every hour – we have the choice to submit. As we navigate our busy days, we don’t stop to ponder this choice, but we are making it [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 15, 2012 in Living Vertically, Our Kids, Our Family, The Mystery of Marriage | 8 comments

Mom? Scandalous?

Scandalous runs in my family. It goes back for generations. In this fuzzy 1973 snapshot of a few well-mannered, if giddy, English family members, the layers of unheard of behavior would make your hair curl! The woman in the middle: my grandmother. Born in Santiago Chile in 1901, married an Englishman who worked for the [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 9, 2012 in Living Vertically, The Story | 4 comments

So Many Boats

My husband and I had a wonderful impromptu date on Friday night. We stole away to the only Persian restaurant in town, and instead of talking about our nutty list of activities to manage over the next 48 hours, we pondered our opportunity to grow… as parents and as humans who have learned a thing [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 7, 2012 in Our Kids, Our Family, The Mystery of Marriage | 9 comments

Vibrating Thresholds

I know, weird. But the idea of vibrating thresholds is once again the best way to describe this time. It’s my new way of thinking about life change that we can sense but can’t see to the other side. Sometimes it’s merely waiting. But often it’s continuing to heed the insistences on our heart. Walking [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 4, 2012 in Living Vertically, Serving, Leading | 4 comments

Frank Sex [Talk]. Godly Love.

THEORY: Parents with a healthy view of Godly sex have a better chance of teaching their kids the explosive joys of waiting for the beautiful experience of sacred lovemaking. See? I told you. Scandalous. I don’t fault my parents for their lack of capacity to teach me about sex. For heaven’s sake, it was the [...]

Posted by Suzy on May 2, 2012 in Living Vertically, Our Kids, Our Family, The Mystery of Marriage | 3 comments