Category: Family

Smitten

We did it. My parents flew down for a long weekend and today they treated all the grandkids (and parents!) to a day at Disneyland. I told Mercy that we were going to meet Cinderella. I told her other things that we would do there, but I don’t think she heard anything after that. She… Continue reading Smitten

Billy’s Bucket

My sister was kind enough to take Mercy to the downtown library last week, and Mercy and Aaron are so excited to have new books in the house. Aaron is addicted to a Thomas the Tank Engine storybook collection (he finds the page with the Troublesome Trucks story every time and wants to read it),… Continue reading Billy’s Bucket

Dispatch

When talking with various people about our church, our conviction regarding being a “parish” church is often the greatest stumbling block for folks. Especially here in the land of car and commute, making claims on where one lives and how that relates to where one worships can seem offensive to many. This past week I… Continue reading Dispatch

When things don’t add up

There is this parenting phenomenon that I am finding particularly frustrating of late. In our daily life at home, there are days when we are largely housebound, due to a number of factors. Recently those factors have included being sick, Elijah’s nap schedule, my work schedule, etc. On those days, when the kids are getting… Continue reading When things don’t add up

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Home again

We arrived back in Los Angeles late last night after a hefty dose of travel challenges. Denver is not the most hospitable airport, we discovered. They are the only airport we know of that refuses to bring the little Smart Cart around security for us to continue using on the other side. So there we… Continue reading Home again

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The land of blue horses

We arrived safely in Denver yesterday and are enjoying time with Doug’s extended family. This morning as I came down the stairs with the baby in my arms, Aunt Kristin said: “Here, let me have that baby. Why don’t you go back up to bed.” I don’t think I even said anything as I turned… Continue reading The land of blue horses

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Weary

In the midst of everything else going on this week, our little Mercy woke up crying and convulsing in pain last night. It didn’t take long to realize that whatever bug she has had the last two weeks had evolved into an ear infection, and so she and her daddy made the middle of the… Continue reading Weary

The least

I have been struck recently by the different ways that children are viewed in the life of the church. This past Sunday, I was late getting my crew to our weekly worship service and so we entered after the singing had already begun. I have more babies than arms now and I was unprepared for… Continue reading The least

Where?

Mercy has a new curiosity surrounding death. She has brought it up more frequently lately, and I have found myself talking to her about death and resurrection and heaven. I just read an interesting interview with N.T. Wright (and have been following this same discussion on Scot McKnight’s blog as he is currently reviewing Wright’s… Continue reading Where?