The Offensive Law, and Salvation Without Regret
Do not be afraid of seeing the depths of your depravity. Do not be offended, because the story doesn’t end there, and it’s completion is glorious.
Contributors
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik is a mom to 6 hilarious kids from toddler to teenager. She works as a homeschool mom, writer, and tutor to middle school kids in classical studies. She’s authored a training course for intergenerational mentoring called Gospel Mentoring. She enjoys knitting, reading many books at the same time, and embarrassing her teenagers in public. She and her husband, Knut, live in Minnesota on the family farm.
Christ Hold Fast
The Moral of the Story
We still think that if we just teach people to "be good" we are getting them closer to God, which is like saying if only this dead person could be propped up to exercise, he would start moving again.
Meditations
The best synonym I can think of for Biblical meditation is "wonder." To meditate upon God's word is to wonder, as a child wonders at the stars.
This Is My Body, Broken For You
My family fills a row of chairs in the sanctuary of our church. I always feel bad for the people who sit around my noisy family. Our pastor loves children and has told me once he struggles to preach on the Sundays when they are all whisked off to Children's Church after the music once a month because the sanctuary…
Giving Up For Lent
Our church doesn’t talk a lot about giving up things for Lent. Lent seasons means we have Sunday night services as well, where we bring in speakers who talk about a different theme each year.
Disappointing People
I have always felt I have a knack for disappointing people. It sometimes feels like everyone in my life thinks I'm more capable than I am.
Bearing the Weight of Sin
Do any of you have one of “those” kids? Every family should have at least one. They humble you.
If Only I Could...
I love studying books on productivity and efficiency. I have a big family, and I have little people who depend on me and actually expect to eat every day.
Grace for When You Can't Forgive
She was my friend, walking through marriage troubles. Her husband was unfaithful to her, with the technicalities and carefully drawn lines of “not technically sex” and justifying himself, which had wounded her deeply.
Carseats, Gluten, and Opinionated Bloggers
Never has the law fallen so hard on me as in motherhood. Never before was I more aware that my best wasn’t good enough.