Missional Living Archives - Missionary Mama https://lauramthomas.com/category/missional-living/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:33:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 Come and See http://lauramthomas.com/2022/03/17/come-and-see/ http://lauramthomas.com/2022/03/17/come-and-see/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:33:40 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21766 Their eyes wide with wonder, the children watched as I made them hot cocoa. Then, they sat and savored their warm beverages, each choosing precisely when to eat their marshmallows. Some saved them until the end and others couldn’t wait that long and picked them...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2022/03/17/come-and-see/feed/ 1 21766 The Most Important Work http://lauramthomas.com/2022/01/14/the-most-important-work/ http://lauramthomas.com/2022/01/14/the-most-important-work/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:24:21 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21735 I sat on the beach and watched the waves form, crest and then roll steadily towards the shore, leaving their mark on the sandcastles before retreating back into the ocean. The kids played alongside the water while doing their own repetitive work of building, tearing...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2022/01/14/the-most-important-work/feed/ 0 21735 Lost and Found http://lauramthomas.com/2021/10/13/lost-and-found/ http://lauramthomas.com/2021/10/13/lost-and-found/#respond Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:54:34 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21684 It was a lazy Saturday and we were about to leave the house to join some neighbors on an apple picking trip. I asked my daughter Abigail to bring her bunny Fuzzy inside so that we could head out. A few moments later, I heard...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2021/10/13/lost-and-found/feed/ 0 21684 The Space Between http://lauramthomas.com/2021/09/17/the-space-between/ http://lauramthomas.com/2021/09/17/the-space-between/#respond Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:44:38 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21660 His crime was a common one among young siblings. He had called his sister a name. His consequence was writing sentences. For my newly-minted six year old, writing “I will not call my sister __________” ten times seemed as insurmountable as climbing Mount Everest. A...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2021/09/17/the-space-between/feed/ 0 21660 On Holy Ground http://lauramthomas.com/2021/07/08/on-holy-ground/ http://lauramthomas.com/2021/07/08/on-holy-ground/#respond Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:18:59 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21629 I padded across the bright green carpet of my backyard, my eyes set on the tree house my husband and father built with the help of several strong and willing neighbors a handful of years ago, when my youngest was still in diapers and my...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2021/07/08/on-holy-ground/feed/ 0 21629 Spiderman is Sitting Down http://lauramthomas.com/2021/05/30/spiderman-is-sitting-down/ http://lauramthomas.com/2021/05/30/spiderman-is-sitting-down/#respond Sun, 30 May 2021 17:49:02 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21606 Coffee in hand, I walked into our sun porch which is also my younger kids play room which is also where I like to have time alone in the mornings before the kids wake up. Each morning when I enter the room, I notice creations...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2021/05/30/spiderman-is-sitting-down/feed/ 0 21606 Careless in the Care of God http://lauramthomas.com/2021/04/16/careless-in-the-care-of-god/ http://lauramthomas.com/2021/04/16/careless-in-the-care-of-god/#respond Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:39:36 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21591 The moon cast a soft glow off my son’s small face, which wore a concerned look as I tucked him into bed. “Mom, if we take Fuzzy to Chicago with us, what will happen if he doesn’t know where he is and tries to go...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2021/04/16/careless-in-the-care-of-god/feed/ 0 21591 Reflections on 2020 http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/31/reflections-on-2020/ http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/31/reflections-on-2020/#respond Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:32:19 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21385 Tomorrow we will turn the page on a calendar into a new year. Perhaps this year more than any in our lifetime, we sense the need for a clean page and a new start. And yet the turn of the page on a calendar does...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/31/reflections-on-2020/feed/ 0 21385 The Gift of Silence http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/21/the-gift-of-silence/ http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/21/the-gift-of-silence/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:26:14 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21362 I walked quietly around the lake, leaves crunching under my feet as little animals skittered about, gathering up any remaining acorns or food they could before the freezing weather began. I squinted at the winter sun, which seemed aching to set just below the horizon....

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2020/12/21/the-gift-of-silence/feed/ 1 21362 Held by Christ’s Love http://lauramthomas.com/2020/11/20/held-by-christs-love/ http://lauramthomas.com/2020/11/20/held-by-christs-love/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:46:20 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21338 A few weeks ago, I experienced a time of shaking when, on a short trip to our family cabin in North Carolina (my favorite get away location!) we found out that my mother had tested positive for COVID-19. We happened to be out at a...

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