by Mary Carver | Oct 15, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
I love traveling. Seeing new places and experiencing new “worlds” is really one of my favorite things. If I owe anyone an apology about this, it’s myself because my Type A, planner personality almost never leaves me enough time to just stare at the...
by Mary Carver | Oct 13, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
Earlier today I read an article about Jennifer Lawrence. It was actually – in the beautiful way that the internet has – an article about an article about Jennifer Lawrence. Right. Anyway, the point of the piece was that Lawrence had made some strong...
by Mary Carver | Oct 13, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
During Annalyn’s birthday party over the weekend, a couple of the moms stayed for the fun. As we watched the girls run around the backyard, spraying silly string at each other and giggling, the conversation made its way to jobs and taxes and commutes. (I know....
by Mary Carver | Oct 12, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
I saw a friend after church and stopped by to say, “hello.” She hugged me and mentioned that she’s been reading my series about “Not Sorry.” As we chatted I kept looking down the hallway toward a screeching child, trying to determine if...
by Mary Carver | Oct 11, 2015 | Faith Life
Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?” “Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!” Then the Lord said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly. But...
