A few weeks ago, I received an incredible gift. We have very dear L.A. friends who moved here at the exact same time that we did who get together with us every Friday night for dinner (or “Friday Night Club” as we fondly refer to it). They live and work in Santa Monica, and so… Continue reading Surprise!
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Fuller podcasts
I was just reading Brad Boydston’s blog and I learned that Fuller Seminary is now making chapel services and other campus programs available online through iTunes. I wrote a post a few days ago where I mentioned an outstanding lecture by Chap Clark on youth and family ministry, and I thought it was worth noting… Continue reading Fuller podcasts
Inspiration
My friend, Tyler Watson, linked to a phenomenal story last week of a ninety-seven year old woman who was being honored by Poland’s Parliament for her role in rescuing thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust. As I read her story, I was struck by the raw courage demonstrated by this woman in her lifetime,… Continue reading Inspiration
Determination
Have you ever been in a situation where someone was relentless in trying to bless you? A month ago I wrote about my husband surprising me on Valentine’s Day with a dress that I had wanted for at least two years. It is an expensive, exquisite, never-in-a-million-years-in-our-budget dress that went drastically on sale online. I… Continue reading Determination
Quotation of the Week
“It was a difficult book for me to write. My thought was pulled in two different directions by the blood of the innocent crying out to God and by the blood of God’s Lamb offered for the guilty. How does one remain loyal both to the demand of the oppressed for justice and to the… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
What youth need
I have had a lot of conversations recently with people around issues of ministering to youth and how that can be done most effectively. While in my hospital bed, Doug and I listened to a recording of Chap Clark’s inaugural lecture at Fuller Seminary where he brilliantly assesses the state of youth ministry in the… Continue reading What youth need
The hiddenness of pride
It is a truly humbling thing to be at the center of people’s love and care. There is this total submission that happens where one ceases to claim control and sufficiency, and instead stops to simply receive. It is never something any of us are inclined to do by choice, and I think it has… Continue reading The hiddenness of pride
Good news (or The longest blog post I have ever written)
I had much more romantic notions of how I would share this news here, but I am learning that life is not always about our ideas of romance. Doug and I are expecting our third baby in early October. That is the marvelous news in the midst of all that has been dreadful and challenging… Continue reading Good news (or The longest blog post I have ever written)
They are new every morning
The view from Room #780 It is not difficult for God to send his kindness to us regardless of our surroundings. That kindness has taken many forms in the past few days, from wheelchairs and Demerol (at last!) to the gentle hands of nurses to the spoken, unsolicited prayers of the woman sent to draw… Continue reading They are new every morning
Quotation of the Week
“If I crave hungrily to be used to show the way of liberty to a soul in bondage, instead of caring only that it be delivered; if I nurse my disappointment when I fail, instead of asking that to another the word of release may be given, then I know nothing of Calvary love.” From… Continue reading Quotation of the Week