I’m in Cincinnati today, but thought I’d post about what I consider the essentials for attending one of the GHC conventions. I’ve been attending this particular convention for probably 8 years. Heather and I went when it was at a multi-campus church and several years together at the Duke Energy Center. I’ve gone the last…
I’ve never loved the concept of heroes. I’ve never wanted to be a hero, nor really “had” heroes. Well, maybe Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew, but not the Superhero kind and not the so-and-so can do no wrong, I want to be just like that person, kind. I like to pick and choose. There have…
I think some (most, all?) of you are aware that poetry isn’t my strong suit. I want to know it better, understand it better, love it better … but I struggle. However, a book of poems as we start out for National Poetry Month seems appropriate (even if the poet is Canadian). One of my…
So, this is really the end of March’s post, but I’m glad to have waited until today to write and post it. Today, I went to the calling hours for the wife of my minister growing up. She was a lovely woman, always had a joyful smile and a word of encouragement … and often…
For Today… April 6, 2015 Outside my window… it is a dark and stormy night. I am thinking… about spring activities for my kiddos. I am thankful… that soccer was canceled tonight because two of the children are sick and I didn’t want to have to figure out how to take just one while Jason had a…
Many moons ago, not very far from me, I had a wonderful friend who had two toddler/ preschoolers and a six-month old. I had a newborn. We went to the same church and my husband and I moved to a home in the same town where this young mom lived. I planned to homeschool. She…
We sang “O Worship the King” during Circle Time the other day and I realized that it was what was reverberating in my mind this week, particularly the end of the fourth verse: Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in you do we trust, nor find you to fail. Your mercies, how tender,…
We’ve been enjoying a “consecutive reading” of Romans during morning worship and when this passage was read, I couldn’t stop hearing the italicized passage. I know this – you know this – but Paul surrounds it with such a logical building that it took on new significance and took my breath away. But if you…
For Today… Monday, March 23, 2015 Outside my window… it is cold and grey and sad looking for the third day of spring. I am thinking… it should not snow today, even if it’s predicted. I am thankful… for Netflix when I have a sick girl and a boy who had a tooth pulled this morning. I am…