Church

When we walked into church today Tessa caused quite a stir. It seemed almost everyone had heard of how our baby was born Christmas day. In the service a couple of women were talking about the group that crochets and knits blankets for people, praying over them as they work. Then they turned to us, [...]

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The Plan

Though some people may be surprised by this, I almost always have a plan. Often, my plan is to have no plan. But that is a plan, just the same. If my plan is to have no plan, and you try to make me have a plan, um…good luck. (Incidentally, if there’s one thing Nick [...]

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Stuff

Beware. This is one of those “vomit all over you” posts. Well, that sounds too negative for what it will be. What I really mean is that I’m feeling rather cooped up, rather cut off, rather lonely. Haven’t had many people to share my thoughts with, as of late. This always eventually produces a long [...]

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Family Principles from Scripture

I’m really loving this kind of thing right now. I remember one time asking God why, if raising children is so important, He didn’t tell us more about how to do it. I have to laugh at myself about that now, as I am discovering the vast amounts He has to say on the subject!

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Grocery Shopping and Contentment

My life is very different from this blogger’s, and therefore we do not always agree. But, I love her post today. This is how I am trying to approach our grocery shopping now. You can feel the place of peace and trust that she speaks from, even as you read her words. She touches on [...]

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"Famous" Worship Leaders

We got the opportunity to see Matt Redman lead worship at the Desperation Youth Conference tonight. He is a huge hero of mine. I was so excited to see him actually play. I’ve never heard of him being in the US to play, and I just read that wikipedia article that says he has just [...]

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Honor

A while back I talked about reading John Bevere’s Honor’s Reward. Here’s an interview with him about that same subject. This is a principle that we try our best to live by. It’s difficult, and sometimes we do it better than other times, but I just feel this is such a rich teaching, full of [...]

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A worthy life

I’m thinking about this passage this afternoon: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” Then he defines what a worthy life is: “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the [...]

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Sad Day

Nick and I saw the headlines about the Chapman’s daughter late last night. Ugh. What a horrible, horrible thing. That kind of thing is the worst fear of every parent. It sure makes everything else seem trivial. As awful as it is, I’m far enough removed from it to already see that God can do [...]

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A Testimony

Hey, if anyone is interested, our pastor talked about the December shootings at a church in Texas this weekend. It’s pretty powerful, what God has done in that horrible situation.

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