We have sorted out our publishing and distribution problems (we think!), and we will resume publishing new articles next week. We are currently publishing an article every other week.

We’re sorry that our email distribution problems meant we published a few articles that really didn’t get seen.  This week we are going to try and send out those articles and next week we’ll publish a new article.

Because of the change in systems we need everyone to re-subscribe if you want to receive emails when a new post goes up.  It should be very simple and easy though – just go and enter your email on the Subscribe tab. The interface and email will look a little bit different, but our hope is that it will essentially function the same way it did before – you will get an email with the article itself in the email, but all comments and conversation will happen directly on the website.

We’re glad you’re here and look forward to some wonderful articles and useful conversations in the coming. year.

Hi Friends,

We are having a few technical problems – particularly with our subscriptions and email distribution of new posts. Something happened at the start of the year and we were slow to realize it. Apologies to our writers and our readers! We are going to pause publishing new articles while we sort this out.

Thanks for your patience, we hope to be back to our normal schedule soon!

Abby

Editor’s note – today’s post was written by Lori Odhner and published as a Marriage Moat. Lori writes these messages and sends them as weekday emails as well as posting them on social media. We like to share some of our favorites from past years.

Photo by Anita Halterman

The flowers in California are having a heyday. Several years of drought followed by buckets of rain are a combination for opulent fields of poppies. We went to see them, back when we lived there twenty years ago. It is a marvelous thing to be surrounded by color, as long as no witch is dropping a sleeping potion on you. 

I have had my own seasons of blooming, which coincidentally came after my own dearth. God seems hesitant to tip His hand about such outcomes, leaving us to wonder and wait. 

A blueberry farmer once told me that you cannot get fruit if there is no freeze. I don’t really know about such things but the notion has served me in my own periods of cold. Maybe this is the prelude to sweetness, rather than an obstacle to it. 

The day after the power went out is an occasion for increased appreciation for the flick of a light switch. Days after a bout of an aching back are fertile for gratitude in health. 

“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40

Love,
Lori