Encouragement
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008With email forwards, you often have to take them with a grain of salt. Aside from the urban legend stuff and the chain letters, sometimes it’s hard not to get overrun with just the sheer numbers you get from all the people who send them to you. This one we received is one we really just like [...]
Christians and Christian Churches Need to Stop Judgment, Start Loving
Monday, April 14th, 2008Marc and I have been reading the book UnChristian. The book reflects a recent study done by the Barna Group showing how unfavorable non-Christians view Christians. Of course, you don’t need to read a book to know this, but here a list of qualities non-Christians (and some Christians) have attributed to Christianity: judgmental, antihomosexual, hypocritical, [...]
Where Do You Go to Fall Apart?
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Last night, one of Women of Faith buddies reminded me of one of the most powerful messages I’d heard at the conference this year. She told me, “I bawled when Sheila Walsh said, ‘where do you go to fall apart?’” I just nodded knowingly and said, “I about cried too.” That sentiment, and Sheila Walsh’s [...]
Sticker Shock at the Grocery Store Checkout
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008If you’ve been having a hard time making ends meet, I’ve found information that will allow you to excuse yourself, and show you maybe you’re not doing so badly. Typically I get my news from the MSN homepage. Yesterday I found an article entitled “Food price hikes changing U.S. eating habits“.
Here are a few statistics [...]
Parenting: He Got me Flowers
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Parenting is such a strange thing sometimes. I have never had any other “job” that required absolutely every part of me. My kids get my very best, and unfortunately, the horrible, worst part of me. Sometimes I see them do something, and I’m so proud. I puff myself up, and say “Wow, look what a [...]
Reflecting on my Father
Monday, March 31st, 2008Over the weekend, I was in sole charge of our boys while Julie was at Women of Faith. There are some things about the experience that I did fairly well, and a few that I failed miserably. But, whatever the outcome, it was time with just us, and I’ve been thinking about my own father [...]
Women of Faith: 2008
Friday, March 28th, 2008Tomorrow I am going to Omaha, with a group of friends from our church, to a Women of Faith two day conference. It will take place Friday evening, and all day Saturday. This will be my third Women of Faith. Several of the women going have already gone with my two other times. A few [...]
God, Desires and Forty Years of Waiting
Monday, March 10th, 2008Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4
The forty years had passed. It was time for Israel to claim their land, the land they desired in their hearts. God wanted to give it to them. But, he didn’t want them to turn away and run [...]
A Marriage From Agnosticism to Atheism to Christianity
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008I was asked by our church to give a testimony about our marriage on differences of being married to an unbeliever, and then a believer. I’ve never been asked something like this before. Since I wasn’t sure what I’d say, I wrote it up. So, we decided to share it here. It is longer than [...]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Friday, February 22nd, 2008I had seen the movie, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), a few years ago, but I had never read the book by Alexandre Dumas and always wanted to. So, fast forward to roughly a month ago and I had the opportunity to listen to the audio version downloaded from our local library. I listened [...]
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