I just received an email from Doug with the news that friends of ours who just had a baby (born prematurely but thankfully healthy and able to go home) are now facing a new crisis: she is in the hospital in the ICU receiving treatments for blood clots in her lungs. I shuddered reading the… Continue reading Entitlement
Category: Friends
Who is my neighbor?
Yesterday afternoon we stuffed our children into fleecy little Old Navy costumes and made our way over to a Halloween carnival sponsored by the neighborhood homeowner’s association. We are not ourselves homeowners, but we were invited by my sister and our good friends who are. It was a great little party set in the front… Continue reading Who is my neighbor?
A dog party
I have mentioned before the influence of the book, “Go, Dog, Go” on my daughter’s imagination. The climax of this story is the dramatic arrival of a bunch of different colored dogs, all driving cars, at a giant tree. At the top of the tree, the dogs discover a magnificent party: “A dog party,†the… Continue reading A dog party
Soul Mates
It would seem that Mercy has met her match… Meet my Goddaughter, Karenna.
To fight or not to fight
There is a very interesting post at Mark Galli’s blog this week discussing a NY Times piece on violence against women and the need for men to reclaim their role as protectors. I have enjoyed the thoughtful comments along with his original thoughts, and the most recent comment posted was from a young woman (college… Continue reading To fight or not to fight
Recommended Reading
I enjoyed reading this interview with Dick Staub at Relevant Magazine online. Dick has been a highly influential person in my life. He is an excellent conversation partner, a gifted writer, a provocative thinker, and a lover of Christ and the church. I look forward to the release of his upcoming book: The Culturally Savvy… Continue reading Recommended Reading
Some thoughts on growing up
I was just reading something about the future of youth ministry in the church, and it made me think about what the things were that made a difference for me as a young person growing up in her faith: 1. Christian Camp: All of the “Jesus Camp” press aside, I was deeply affected as a… Continue reading Some thoughts on growing up
Sir, give me this water…
I think I can say that, in general, the collection of the offering is rarely the high point for people in weekly Sunday worship gatherings. This is usually the time where people excuse themselves to go to the bathroom, get a drink of water, whisper to their neighbor, get their Bibles out, or read whatever… Continue reading Sir, give me this water…
Everyone needs friends like these…
For a fun recap of my birthday celebrations from the foodie perspective at one of my favorite daily reads…
Liability
This week I have had two separate instances where something that I expected to have done could not be because of liability concerns. The first was when I contacted the Salvation Army to come and pick up a mattress we had purchased on Craigslist that ended up not being usable (long story). When the guys… Continue reading Liability