A gentle reproof over white coffee

November 12, 2012 Karen Huber

We went on a date, the eldest and I. He's been curious about coffee for some time, and I can only assume this is a result of the frequent "Dad's Meeting Someone For Coffee"-and-"Mommy's Working From the Coffeeshop"-convos we have with the little people. He wasn't so sure on actually trying any of the black stuff, but was curious about this White Coffee his sister talks so much about (she who was known to finish our homemade lattes at the ripe old age of 2).

So we set a time: Sunday, dusk. Cold snap and rain clouds. Tall steamed milk with peppermint (him) and tall nonfat pumpkin spiced chai (me). In mugs, for maximum foaminess, please. We chat over the Sunday paper.

"So, how was your week?" he asks in his very best Man Tone.

God & Honest Toddler :: 31 days of messy parenting {day 11}

October 11, 2012 Karen Huber

She asks us, "Where are you at with God right now?" and my mind goes blank.

I don't know where I am, I think. I don't know where I am, anywhere...

The baptism :: 31 days of messy parenting {day 2}

October 2, 2012 Karen Huber

Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash — Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash

And this is how it happened. No fanfare. No video cameras. No real cameras, even. Only a few camera phones in our midst, and only one photo. But there was food. And friends. People who have loved him and taught him, want to know about his day and share...

Dislocated in the garden

August 7, 2012 Karen Huber

In Lauren Winner's book Still, I discover a term I've never heard before. Dislocated Exegesis. "Where you read changes how you read," she says. It feels eerily unsettling (apparently, that's the whole point): I worry about taking God's Word out of context. But still...

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