by Prasanta | Aug 29, 2019 | Writers, Writing
I have an exciting announcement: I will be joining Lisa Deam at The Contemplative Writer this year! Each week, I will be contributing to the Friday Favorites post, and I will be contributing a post or article each month. I hope you’ll join me there– and...
by Prasanta | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
He is El Roi, the God who sees. He sees you, He sees me, and that is something I need to know. I need to know that. I need to know that God is writing my story… and He is writing yours. Sometimes, actually often, I can’t see the end or even...
by Prasanta | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
As September draws to a close, I am reminded that not only is there a designated time and season for summer to end and autumn to arrive, but also appointed seasons in our lives. I’m in one such season– the years I spend homeschooling. We have a short,...
by Prasanta | Jul 16, 2013 | Family, Memories, Summer, Travel
What do Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, the Empire State Building, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Alabama blueberries have in common? They are all part of a long vacation away from home, connected by the highways we are traveling this July. We begin our driving journey on...
by Prasanta | May 30, 2012 | Bear One Another's Burdens, Community, Friendship, Jesus
The Walk (aka Community) What is found in you is found in me and if we don’t have it, we’ll search together at the cusp of each and every bend, under every rock, behind every cloud that rains. If you lose it, I will search with you; we’ll sing hymns,...
by Prasanta | Apr 23, 2012 | Art, Becoming Whole, Creativity, Faith, One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Quotes, Writing
Last fall, we planted about a hundred in our yard– yellow, red, and pink tulips, and a row of daffodils. The yellow ones bloomed this past week, spurts of sunshine in the yard. When I was about 8 or 9, we went to a drive-in movie (remember those?) and we watched...
by Prasanta | May 31, 2011 | Beauty, Change, Faithfulness, Time
I often dream of living on some type of farm, with some land, a creek, plenty of trees, and maybe a few chickens so that it looks authentic. But so far, the closest I’ve come to farming is this garden, our biggest yet. Living in a suburban area on a plot without many...
by Prasanta | May 20, 2011 | Change, Faithfulness, God's love
It’s that time of week again: Five Minute Friday! From the GypsyMama’s website, here are the instructions: Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s write in shades of real and brave and unscripted. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. 1....
by Prasanta | Aug 4, 2010 | Path, Quotes
I’m reading a book right now called When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd. Numerous times I had to put the book down and wonder– did this woman know what was in my head? The book was written in 1990. Yet the thoughts, the issues, the questions… the...
