Spirituality is never a subject that we can attend to as a thing-in-itself. It is always an operation of God in which our human lives are pulled into and made participants in the life of God, whether as lovers or rebels. Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand PlacesÂÂ
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Happy birthday, Daddy
My friend, Tyler Watson, posted this photo on his blog a few weeks ago and I instantly fell in love with it. And I post it today in honor of my husband. Today is Doug’s birthday, and when I think about this past year, I feel like this photo in many ways captures how it… Continue reading Happy birthday, Daddy
Our new baby!
We hadn’t even noticed that our little hummingbird family had returned to the nest on our front porch, and all of a sudden we have a sweet new baby to celebrate! We missed the early, really fuzzy-tiny stage of this little one, and she already looks awfully grown-up. When Mercy names something, she will often… Continue reading Our new baby!
A Grave not forgotten
I read something today on my denomination’s website that moved me. While I have been concerned by the ways short-term international trips have largely replaced local ministry involvement at my alma mater in terms of student enthusiasm and commitment (After Hours, the local outreach I founded at NPU was recently closed down due to a… Continue reading A Grave not forgotten
Mercy Theologian
Mercy has an Aladdin doll that is the size of a Barbie and is jointed and she loves to put him in different positions and pretend that he is everyone from Peter Pan to Hakim (some minor character in a Jasmine movie she saw). Lately, though, Aladdin has been God. And her little Eric (the… Continue reading Mercy Theologian
A cry for renewal
Last Thursday, one of our very close friends here was robbed on the street. She has a baby the same age as Elijah and she was pushing him along in his stroller when two men ran up from behind and grabbed her purse off her arm, tipping the stroller over in the process. Thankfully, baby… Continue reading A cry for renewal
Quotation of the Week
In short, we do not believe in God, become humble, and then learn to pray, but in learning to pray we humbly discover we cannot do other than believe in God. Stanley Hauerwas, After Christendom
Jeopardy in the Church?
“I’ll take ‘Threes’ for 1000, Alex,” says the contestant. Alex reads the answer: “Yellow, Blue, and Red.” Contestants frantically buzz in. The one with the quickest thumb responds: “What are the three primary colors?” And so the game goes. Jeopardy has been the most popular game show since its syndication in 1984 (24 years!). Its… Continue reading Jeopardy in the Church?
That’s cheaper than eHarmony!
I went to the Out of Ur blog this morning and noticed an advertisement immediately to the right of the day’s post. It read: Men of Integrity as little as $1.25 each CLICK HERE
Cleaning up
So last night at the gas station, my friend David (who lives under the freeway) told me that things were tough right now for him. He said that the cops were really hassling him a lot because of the upcoming elections. I wondered at the accuracy of his observation and considered how incredibly active the… Continue reading Cleaning up