Engagement Story May 2021 As Joshua led her down the nature trail in the evening light with a bouquet of roses and a ring box in his pocket, Esther didn’t suspect what was to come. Mike and I sat at home expectant, happy, and quite unsurprised, waiting for her call They have been dating withContinue reading “Esther and Joshua are engaged!”
Author Archives: Syra Ruehle
He is Risen!
Holy Friday On our way to church on Friday the kids regaled each other with stories of candle mishaps in the past, most of them about Mom who had a knack for dropping her candle or falling asleep with a lit candle in her hand leaning at the right angle to set the person inContinue reading “He is Risen!”
Holy Week Reflections
Sometimes the services of Holy Week make me feel like a fraud. In the Hymn of Light we hear, “I see your bridal chamber adorned, O my Savior, and I have no wedding garment that I may enter there.” I listen to the reader chant these words and think how far away I am fromContinue reading “Holy Week Reflections”
Holy Days
The way that the holy days of the church year connect me with the celebrations everywhere past, present, and future is my favorite part of Holy Week. We’ve been able to attend more of the presanctified liturgies than Sunday services because unlike the Sunday services which fill up quickly, there have always been openings forContinue reading “Holy Days”
College Visit
Trigger warning. I discuss the college policy on rape and the memories it brought up for me. As life happens I write about whatever it inspires. Going to Sophia’s college campus brought back a lot of memories. Most of them good as I loved going to college. This trip also brought up some bad memoriesContinue reading “College Visit”
2 Year Anniversary
I have no words this week except that I miss my mom.
God’s Unconditional Love
I flew seven hundred and eighty miles to Atlanta, rented a car, and stayed in a hotel in Macon, Georgia all to attend a Lenten retreat at a small Orthodox Church where they had flown a missionary into town just so that he could tell me that God loves me unconditionally. That’s how much GodContinue reading “God’s Unconditional Love”
Jonah vs Poison Ivy
What’s the worst that can happen? In this day and age, it’s scary sending kids out on adventures on their own. We hear about children being kidnapped all the time. That’s one reason I don’t let my kids go adventuring at the park all by themselves. If the kids want to go exploring together, theyContinue reading “Jonah vs Poison Ivy”
Snow-pocalypse
They are calling it the Snow-pocalypse and selling t-shirts that say, “I survived Snovid-21.” It was an easy, restful week off of school for my family, and if my heart wasn’t hurting for my friends and neighbors then a week of very low temperatures would have been nothing. Texans might complain about it being winter,Continue reading “Snow-pocalypse”
The Jumping Incident
After my ladies’ getaway, Kelly and Christa and I plotted to take a trip to Africa as soon as the pandemic lifts. I’m reading “Into Africa” a book about Dr. Livingstone and his search for the source of the Nile. When I looked up the source of the Nile, I found tourist adventures in UgandaContinue reading “The Jumping Incident”
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