[Note: “This article originally appeared on June 19, 2009 in Comment, a publication of CARDUS: www.cardus.ca.”] The first meal I prepared for the man…
Margie Haack
Margie Haack with her husband, Denis, are co-directors of Ransom Fellowship, a ministry helping Christians engage postmodern culture in ways that are both authentic to the Christian faith and winsome in its expression. Margie is the author of The Exact Place, blogs at toadsdrinkcoffee.blogspot.com, and is editor of a quarterly newsletter, Notes From Toad Hall, where she writes about being faithful in the ordinary and the everyday. She is also a columnist for Comment Magazine, a grandmother, a lazy gardener, and a chocolate freak.
Wooden Clocks and Tiny Silver Balls
Community / Family / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Work and Rest
When I grew up and moved away I rarely saw them. But in December of every year I especially remember my grandparents. Each December…
Margie’s 2012 Christmas Gift List
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett I’m not certain this book will satisfy everyone. But the characters will not leave my head. The sign…
The Exact Place: Excerpt The Yellow Ladyslipper (Margie Haack, 2012)
The Yellow Lady Slipper Lake Agassiz was an ancient glacial lake of the Pleistocene which covered much of present day northern Minnesota, northeastern North…
Surprised by Age
Creation / Family / Ordinary Life
When I was visiting my daughter, her son Mason, who was seven, quietly took her aside and said, “Mom, could I ask White-haired Grandma…
Fleeting
Family / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Work and Rest
On a morning late in April I woke and couldn’t remember where I was. There had been too many beds that month. When I…
Reclaiming Toothpaste
Faith / Family / Ordinary Life / Safe Place
Reclaiming toothpaste “Dude!! You need to chill!” I don’t ordinarily talk like this, calling someone “Dude.” It’s pretentious for a woman my age. But…
Margie’s 2011 Christmas Gift List
Stone by Design by Lew French, Gibbs Smith, 2005. (non-fiction) Stone by Design must be the best book yet on building and landscaping with…
Margie’s 2009 Christmas Gift List
Books / Ordinary Life / Safe Place
Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman Editor, Don W. King, Eerdmans, 2009 "All I really care about is having a bit…
Summer Shorts
Family / Hospitality / Ordinary Life / Spirituality / Work and Rest
In a moment of general regret my husband said: “I’m sorry.” He was looking at me with tears in his eyes. I thought he…