by Mary Carver | Feb 1, 2014 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
My friends have been in Africa this week. I’ve read their posts through half-open eyes – not because I’m sleep-deprived but because their beautiful, heart-felt and heart-broken words are hard to read, hard to process, just hard. Every time Compassion...
by Mary Carver | Sep 4, 2012 | Faith Life
How many types of ketchup do we really need? My daughter has always been observant to an uncanny degree. This means, first of all, that you cannot have “for grown-up ears only” conversations around her, make promises (or threats) you don’t intend to...
by Mary Carver | Aug 18, 2012 | Faith Life
If you’ve been reading my blog for any time at all, you may have noticed that I occasionally write about Compassion International. For those of you who visit my actual site (versus reading in Google Reader or on your phone), you can see I have a big Compassion...
by Mary Carver | May 19, 2012 | My Life
Did you follow the Compassion bloggers’ trip to Tanzania last week? I missed the whole thing when I was out of commission for several days, but as soon as I could, I caught up. In case you missed it, too, here are all the posts! The Nester Well, I Didn’t...
by Mary Carver | May 28, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Today, a group of bloggers (several of whom I consider friends!) boarded planes to fly across the world. Literally. Emily, Tsh, Kat, Stephanie and Lindsay are headed to the Phillipines with Shaun Groves and the Compassion team. Over the next several days,...
