Leah Colbeck
- Today is Father's Day and I'm writing about being married young and things you don't think about. wp.me/p2951v-om 3 days ago
- Goddaughter. So blessed. This little one is well loved. http://t.co/jmLVmLH40A 4 days ago
- Days where all you can see is grace are the best days. 4 days ago
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Things I write about
- Alive by the water (3)
- Books (4)
- Environmentalism (1)
- Everyday holy (15)
- Gardening (1)
- God's love (11)
- Lifelong Learning (1)
- Marriage (2)
- Nature (4)
- One word (1)
- Parenting (16)
- Prayer (2)
- Present (2)
- Social justice (5)
- Spiritual discipline (2)
- Sweet things (1)
- Women's issues (3)
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Author Archives: Leah Colbeck
Today is Father’s Day
Today is Father’s Day. Even as I write this it is in-between catching a tiny bouncy ball with you (pig in the middle with Liam), the girls are running around shrieking (with joy but it is still incredibly loud) and … Continue reading
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Seven Sweet Things
I always enjoy reading people’s “things they are enjoying right now” type posts. They are just fun to read, I like gleaning ideas from them and sometimes it’s just really nice to enjoy the good and beautiful isn’t it? So I thought I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Parenting, Sweet things
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Easter Sunday I walked barefoot on the beach
Easter Sunday I walked barefoot on the beach. I thought I might miss my own church, my family there; and I did on Good Friday. But Easter Sunday we woke up early and drove to the beach for worship just … Continue reading
Posted in Alive by the water, Everyday holy, God's love
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Friday we drive through the mountains
Friday we drive through the mountains. They tower above the car, still covered with snow and I am mourning. Occasionally waterfalls travel down the grey rock, melding with the ice and dirt. I want to stop and rinse my face … Continue reading
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My grandmother has the softest skin
We are visiting my grandmother. It’s hot in her apartment, and crowded, with her, my godparents and my own family of five. There isn’t much space between her furniture that once lived in her big country home and the walls of her … Continue reading
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On Soulbreak
We tend to call it heartbreak but that really isn’t what it is. A heart pumps blood around; but our soul, that pumps something else altogether. We can’t live without our heart but we aren’t alive without our soul. Our … Continue reading
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Privilege and Relationship
There has been much written about privilege on the internet this week if you read Christian blogs. As I understand it the triggering event was an emergent leader, Phyllis Tickle, making statements as a part of a closing remarks at a conference … Continue reading
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Growth as a mother
Growth as a mother. It’s there all the time, this growth, this change, this evolution that motherhood works on my soul. I see it. I see it when first time mom’s desperate for sleep reach out on facebook or twitter … Continue reading
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2012 started for me with lots of questions
2012 started for me with lots of questions. I wasn’t blogging at the beginning of last year, and I wasn’t going to choose a one word. I have the kind of personality that if everybody is doing something, I tend … Continue reading
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We finally got wise
We finally got wise, all the parents (and grandparents) in my house. All the five kiddos are sleeping or having quiet time in bed right now. We have had family visiting since Christmas Eve and everyone needed a break. So … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday holy, Parenting
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