I made the long trip from Austin and Dallas and back this week with the kids and had a loooot of time to reflect. I’ve been making this trip since college over 20 years ago. Some things are the same (walls of semi trucks, slow left land drivers) and some different (75 mph speed limit…
Author: Maria Huemmer
A journey, not a checkbox
My daughter was begging me to let her skip religious education earlier this month. “Whyyyyyyy do I have to go?” she asked me. “Because it’s good to learn about Jesus,” I answered. “But I already know EVERYTHINNNGGG about Jesus,” she pleaded with me. “Sweetie,” I said patiently (for real, it was a good day for…
The comfort of sheephood
Good shepherd Sunday was this past Sunday and I had a fun time teaching it to my kindergarten RE class. Most of the kids wanted to be wolves and attacked the poor sheep when the hires shepherd was there. I’ve always taken the message, Isn’t it great that our Shepherd is there to guide us…