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The sun’s just come up and I’m sitting on the back porch with the dog. The fog hangs low. Dew clings to the grapevine. I can hear morning traffic on the main road while everybody heads to school or work. And I can’t stop thinking about Charlie Kirk‘s memorial yesterday. Maybe you didn’t agree with Read more
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My husband, my oldest son and I got to spend a little time with my mom and dad yesterday. My aunt and uncle were there too. And several friends I grew up with. I wish I could say we were gathered together to celebrate Christmas or just to enjoy time together, but that’s not why. Read more
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Hey there, you. You’ve been in a pretty sideways season for a pretty long while now. You’ve struggled to get back something you feel like you’ve lost, but for some reason, you just can’t seem to get going in the right direction. You feel pretty disoriented and with good reason. There’s a whole chunk of Read more
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A few summers ago, my family and I went on a trip to the mountains with a group from church. While we were there, we visited Linville Caverns, which are limestone caverns in McDowell County, North Carolina. While I’m sure there’s a big ol’ scientific name for all of it, basically you get to walk inside Read more
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Two weeks since I last posted. I wish I could tell you I haven’t written anything because I’ve been in Paris taking photos from the top of the Eiffel Tower or in Scotland driving through the lush green countryside and exploring castles. But I haven’t. It’s been considerably less glamorous than that. I’ve basically been Read more
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How does it happen so fast? One minute they’re little babes in your arms and the next minute they’re talking about careers and getting married and all those grown-up things. My youngest just turned 13 this past week. I can’t even believe I’m typing that. 13?? Goodness. And my oldest will turn 20 on his Read more
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Today is Pentecost Sunday and for most of my life, I had no idea what that meant. At some point, I eventually connected it to what happened when the Holy Spirit blew into Jerusalem. But I never realized just how significant that day was until I started studying the Hebraic roots of Christianity. In the Read more
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It’s raining today. It’s been raining off and on for the last few days. You ever notice how everything looks brighter after rain? Like the grass looks greener. The dirt looks darker. All the colors are more vivid after rain. I have a little container garden on my back patio. It’s not much. A few Read more
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It’s the last week of school for my youngest, thank the Lord. I don’t have one more single week in me. I feel like I’ve been on autopilot for the last couple of weeks as it is. I wish I was one of those moms who had a slew of things planned to do over Read more
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I started this blog probably about ten years ago. I named it Covered In His Dust because it’s where I wanted to be at the time. It still is. Have I ever told you why? It’s from an old Jewish saying. During the time of Jesus and before, there weren’t microphones or any kind of Read more
Or at least lightly sprinkled
covered in his dust 