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11 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Mothers’ Day: a day for great ambivalence. (And yeah, that’s where I put the apostrophe, as the best of the …
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Category: church, community, consumerism, culture, grief, home, infertility, kids, motherhood, music, pastor, rant, video
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Tags: Mothers' Day
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28 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Theology is only real when we live it. So chapter 6 of Not Only a Father tries to suggest ways …
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Category: Bible, church, communication, culture, feminism, gendered language, home, language, motherhood, music, spirituality, working mothers
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Tags: God, Guest posts, Jesus, language for God, Matthew, Moses, Not Only a Father, Numbers, providence, Psalms, Tim Bulkeley
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15 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Co-sleeping becomes a whole new thing when your baby gets mobile. I was so astounded by observing the phenomenon of …
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Category: attachment parenting, co-sleeping, culture, home, motherhood, parenting, prayer, science, toddlers, travel, well-being
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Tags: Dr Sears, Lulastic, Montessori toddler bed, naps, postnatal depression, super-king bed
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8 April 2013 by not a wild hera
You may have spotted Michael/SKATERAK’s comment on Tim’s first Not Only A Father post. It reads: This will definitely be …
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Category: Advent, church, church calendar, communicating with kids, Easter, godparents, home, kids, kids and spirituality, language, parenting, pastor, prayer, school, social justice, spiritual practices, spirituality
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Tags: Kiwi Families, Not Only a Father, Tim Bulkeley
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12 February 2013 by not a wild hera
We did it! Shrove Tuesday has been well and truly celebrated in our apartment building. It was a bit of a …
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Category: church calendar, community, depression, food, generosity, home, hospitality, neighbours, Shrove Tuesday, spiritual practices, spirituality, well-being
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Tags: hotel staff, making friends, Pancake Party, pancakes
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11 February 2013 by not a wild hera
I’m a fan of Oliver Burkeman’s Guardian column, and particularly of its title: This column will change your life. Awesome. …
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Category: home, kids, food, hospitality, health
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Tags: Making Parenting Easier, Oliver Burkeman, Downton Abbey, batch cooking, meals, Victorinox, domestic genius
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5 February 2013 by not a wild hera
Well, yesterday I was all talk. Today I’m all action! I am brilliant and amazing. I went and chatted to …
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Category: church calendar, community, food, home, hospitality, neighbours, Shrove Tuesday, spirituality, technology
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Tags: hotel staff, invitations, Pancake Party, Picasa
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4 February 2013 by not a wild hera
I could probably tell a history of my life through pancakes. They were one of the first things I learned …
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Category: community, food, friends, home, hospitality, Lent, neighbours, pastor, Shrove Tuesday
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Tags: AGM, Edmonds Cookery Book, frozen pancakes, hotel staff, Marcel's, New Plymouth, pancake breakfast, Pancake Day, Pancake Party, Ruth Pretty, youth group
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22 January 2013 by not a wild hera
My toddler has been deeply asleep for two hours, and looks like he won’t need anything more than a lying-down, …
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Category: blogging, community, depression, emotional well-being, health, home, hospitality, kids, parenting, pastor, self-care, sleep, whanau, writing
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Tags: babysitting, Bic Runga, brilliant and amazing, Facebook, Get Some Sleep, Gretchen Rubin, Harvard Business Review, La Méridienne oú La sieste d'apres Millet, Making Parenting Easier, Noon Rest from Work, sleep deprivation, sleep hygiene, The Happiness Project, Vincent van Gogh
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19 January 2013 by not a wild hera
Sesame Street is a great source of wisdom and inspiration, don’t you agree? Like this song, a regular when I …
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Category: community, depression, emotional well-being, health, home, hospitality, kids, parenting, self-care, whanau
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Tags: babysitting, brilliant and amazing, lawnmowing, Making Parenting Easier, mentors, neighbours, possessions, Sesame Street
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