I missed watching the Oscars last night due to a dinner fiasco, surprise dinner guests, two especially crazy children who did everything they could to avoid going to bed, and Doug’s use of our living room as his homework room where he is furiously working to finish a paper for his Fuller class. I like… Continue reading Another good read
Category: Friends
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
Pause
Today I sat in the hospital with loved ones as they experienced a very deep loss, and my heart is heavy with the sadness and shock that accompanies it. Today is that day where relationships, people, and opportunities suddenly feel more urgent and precious in light of how truly fleeting life can be.
Bones and sinews
I came across this invitiation at a good friend’s blog this morning: I am asking my blog’s readers to consider a challenge for Lent. No, it is not giving up anything. Instead, it helps move Lent into 40 days of living out the gospel: I am asking you to begin and end each day of… Continue reading Bones and sinews
To lust or not to lust
This past week I read two things that struck me concerning how we view the homes and space where we live. The first was a review of House Lust, a book earning a fair amount of press for its examination of our nation’s obsession with the size and status of our homes: Add to this… Continue reading To lust or not to lust
The rocks will cry out
A few weeks ago I mentioned that the church could do a better job of sharing testimonies that have to do with our relationship with money. I just got a great link from my sister to a little article that ran recently in People Magazine about some friends of ours. Take a look!
Another Friday night
Whenever people come into our neighborhood, we tell them if they hear gunfire to hit the floor. It is one of those things that sounds like a no-brainer, but it is surprising how non-instinctual it can actually be. I’ll be honest, though, and admit that I do not get down on the floor every time.… Continue reading Another Friday night
Loss
We received tragic news during our trip home this past weekend: a hit and run accident that had claimed the life of a very dear friend of many people close to us had also taken the life of one of her twin boys. As I heard this news over my cell phone while we drove,… Continue reading Loss
Senders
I was cruising through my regular blog reads yesterday when I came across the following. In describing an upcoming mission trip to Russia that her husband is taking, Llama Momma writes this: I’m thrilled to see my husband go on this trip. As a young college student at Urbana, he felt a distinct call to… Continue reading Senders
Resolved
Yesterday we worshiped with our Irvington Covenant church family. On the way there in the van, I told Mercy that we were going to the place where I first met her Daddy. Not certain that she was appreciating the importance of what I was telling her, I explained that it was like when Cinderella walked… Continue reading Resolved