Spiritual Disciplines Archives - Missionary Mama https://lauramthomas.com/category/missional-living/spiritualdisciplines/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:02:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 97442083 The Gift of a Warning http://lauramthomas.com/2020/09/11/the-gift-of-a-warning/ http://lauramthomas.com/2020/09/11/the-gift-of-a-warning/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:11:19 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=21259 My phone sounded loudly with the flood warning. I had been reading to my son while curled up on the couch, drinking hot cocoa together under a blanket while the rain came down loudly outside. Our imaginations, which had been whisked away with Paddington to...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2020/09/11/the-gift-of-a-warning/feed/ 0 21259 The Beauty of Slow Growth http://lauramthomas.com/2019/03/01/the-beauty-of-slow-growth/ http://lauramthomas.com/2019/03/01/the-beauty-of-slow-growth/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:51:47 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20601 Only a few days ago, my neighbor began to prepare the soil of his garden for spring. “Wow, is it time for that already?!” I thought, considering the snow that loomed on the horizon. And yet, before we know it, the first buds and blooms...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2019/03/01/the-beauty-of-slow-growth/feed/ 2 20601 Pruning to Produce Fruit http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/08/pruning-to-produce-fruit/ http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/08/pruning-to-produce-fruit/#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:44:01 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20579 Sunlight sparkled on the translucent ice enveloping the landscape. Gleaming dollops of white drifted across a cerulean sky as the day broke shimmering and clear. A fresh morning; a new beginning. We received some glorious answers to prayer this week. For years, it seemed like...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2019/02/08/pruning-to-produce-fruit/feed/ 0 20579 Reclaiming Our Peace http://lauramthomas.com/2018/12/03/the-enemy-of-our-peace/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/12/03/the-enemy-of-our-peace/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:00:01 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20494 Reclaiming Our Peace “I just want to be peaceful, Mama.” Me too, baby, me too. “I just want to be peaceful”  is Penny speak for “I just need to curl up on the couch with you and read a book,” or “I need be alone...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/12/03/the-enemy-of-our-peace/feed/ 0 20494 Being a Confessing Parent http://lauramthomas.com/2018/10/17/being-a-confessing-parent/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/10/17/being-a-confessing-parent/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:58:54 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20399 I am a member of a church that practices sacramental Confession. I wasn’t always. My family were Southern Baptists, and I was baptized, as a teenager, into the Reformed tradition, so I know all the theological objections to the idea of confessing one’s sins in...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/10/01/i-saw-you-here/feed/ 0 20378 Something Greater Than a Completed To-Do List http://lauramthomas.com/2018/09/21/something-greater-than-a-completed-to-do-list/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/09/21/something-greater-than-a-completed-to-do-list/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:41:59 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=20333 I looked down at the fuel gauge on our car – the light blinked on in what seemed like a response to my attention: Empty. “How are we on empty again already?,” I thought to myself as I steered our car towards the nearest gas...

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]]> http://lauramthomas.com/2018/06/29/finding-god-in-the-everyday/feed/ 0 20037 The Treasure We Seek http://lauramthomas.com/2018/03/29/the-treasure-we-seek/ http://lauramthomas.com/2018/03/29/the-treasure-we-seek/#respond Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:18:14 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19783 I was at a nearby park alone – away from my tribe for an hour – just to breathe. My husband had a work conference that required him working late nights for several days in a row which meant that I was pulling twelve-thirteen hour...

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