by Angela Sanders | Aug 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a little girl, we had a toy in our house that was, in its day, pretty high-tech. Made of plastic, it was large, roundish, and could be held in your lap. The face of this toy was a giant wheel divided into sections with an animal in each section. If you...
by Angela Sanders | Aug 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the kids were little, I tried to let them help in the kitchen as often as possible, but when the outcome really counted—guests were coming over, I was baking for orders, there was a dessert auction, etc.—I usually took care of things by myself. Why? The kids...
by Angela Sanders | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ever wish you could gather up everyone in front of whom you had made a particular mistake, explain the error of your reasoning at the time, teach them what you’ve learned since then, and then apologize and make things right? Yeah, me, too, but there’s no way to do...
by Angela Sanders | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
After ten fun, but frenetic weeks, camp is over, and I’m stuck in that weird limbo between being ready for the rhythm of normal life and being super homesick for camp family already. A dear friend asked me on Saturday what the biggest moment of the summer was, a time...
by Angela Sanders | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I just don’t see how they could act like that and call themselves a Christian.” This is a dangerous line of thinking (if I’m talking to you, I’m talking to me) because it puts those of us who think it on the judgment seat, something Jesus didn’t even presume to...
by Angela Sanders | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In high school, I went through a “rough patch,” partly by choice, but mostly not. From the outside, I’m sure it looked like I was bent on rebellion, but inside, I was coming apart. Trapped by choices I’d made, my soul was grasping, gasping for air. Fortunately, I...
