• God's Pursuit of Me,  Story

    Travelers Rest

    It’s August. And that means something around here. Summer camp season is almost complete. As I have said before, if summers in Virginia always ended when the Wickstrum’s suburban pulled out of the driveway, then summers here end when the summer staffers load up their belongings and leave the camp. What a privilege it has been to be a part of all that is Look Up Lodge – two summers now. We love this collection of people, travelers, if you will. All of us at different stages in our journeys, but headed for the same ultimate direction – to live forever. How prophetic really. To live in Travelers Rest. Travelers…

  • Chaos,  HomeLife

    Normal

    Yesterday was just a normal day at the Keigley household. If you consider this normal: 7 something a.m. – In the shower. Riley enters the bathroom. I don’t recall any sound of someone knocking. She’s on the phone with her tutor and wants to know if we can change that morning’s tutoring session to an hour later. I think an hour later is a great idea. 7 something a.m. – I am exiting the shower. Towel wrapped around my body. London sheepishly enters the room holding a used diaper. I smell poop. Naturally, I am suspicious. Apparently London tried to “help” the family cause and attempted to change Finn’s diaper…