Hi, I’m Danica.

I guess I’m a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a crafter, a cook, a reader, a writer, a homemaker, a pianist, and probably a lot more too. But at the end of the day, I’m just a Christian trying to find and obey God’s will.

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doings.

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

I’ve been:
to Maine and back for a fast and furious and very fun weekend with Ryan’s mom and sister.
sewing a ball gown for Cinderella. It’s awfully fun to work on something so detailed and beautiful (for someone who usually is just cutting up old polos to make play pants!)
bundling up to go outside, even [...]

thoughts on liberty: an email from my dad

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

I want to share here “some thoughts” that my dad sent around as an email a year or two ago, and then again recently. In this essay, he answers the question, “Why don’t you drink?”
I’m posting this here for three reasons:
First, his intro, which explores the idea of Christian liberties and how we [...]

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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

thirty
A very poor night’s sleep, thanks to a bad head cold, ended quite pleasantly when a certain four year old snuck into bed next to me early this morning. After a long time of cuddling and trying to sleep, he finally whispered, “Can I watch videos on your iPhone?” Treat of all treats: laying all [...]

ephesians 2: But God

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

today’s manna:
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience — among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, [...]

love that pursues

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

I think often to myself:
GOD is LOVE.
This doesn’t make Him flowery or feminine or greeting-card worthy.
God’s ideas on love are not summed up by chocolates, red roses, and picnics at sunset.
When the Scriptures say God is love, it means that He is always and continually
passionate
jealous
redeeming
pursuing
even when we don’t want to be pursued. It’s just the [...]

glorious light

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Last week, as I was taking a wonderful winter walk with my sweet William, I realized it’s been a year since we moved back. Here just in time to see winter’s tail end and reluctant departure, order our maple syrup (very important), and watch spring come to the beautiful property we’d just purchased.
And now [...]