Posted in God thoughts on Sep 30th, 2008
It seems fitting that the new year follows Christmas, don’t you think? This week is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the beginning of the High Holy Days.
Congregation Har Hashem meets at my church (Boulder Valley Christian) for their holy days, more than filling the sanctuary and parking lot. When I came in for […]
Posted in God thoughts, writing on Sep 27th, 2008
Yes, I’m fully aware it’s only the 27th of September. But today was officially “Christmas in September” for Mardel Christian and Educational Supply. And I was at the Denver store signing books this afternoon. I wore a Christmas vest and had a lovely time, chatting with customers and employees and looking at the books (what […]
Posted in from the furry side, God thoughts on Sep 25th, 2008
Sallie and I were at obedience school again this evening. I must admit dog training has changed enormously in my six decades of experience! When I first went through obedience school, you gave the command and forced the animal to comply; then you praised the animal. In other words, you taught sit by saying, “SIT!” […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Sep 23rd, 2008
Yesterday was the first full day of autumn, my favorite time of year (well, excepting winter, which has Christmas, and spring, which has Easter and new life, and summer, which has travels). I love the colorful fall leaves, and the only thing wrong with living in glorious Colorado is that aspen gold is monochrome—I want […]
Posted in from the furry side, God thoughts on Sep 20th, 2008
Sallie and I have started obedience school. A long time ago, when I was a girl (before they invented color, and when the dinosaurs were around, according to some of my students), we trained dogs with a choke-chain collar and a combination of “NO!” and “good girl!”
But I’m learning to use a clicker, a […]
Posted in house church, God thoughts on Sep 16th, 2008
When Brad said tonight’s topic was “living the Word,” based on Psalm 119, I felt a bit overwhelmed. What an enormous subject—to really live God’s Word!
I must admit, personally, I tend to prefer fantasy. I like Tolkien’s ents, the talking beasts from Narnia, and the colorful minor dragons Donita Paul writes about.
Much of the […]
Posted in from the furry side on Sep 15th, 2008
Just posted a picture of the first meeting between Sallie and Dolphin—see September 12.
Posted in from the furry side on Sep 13th, 2008
Dolphin: Sometimes I wonder if my mama has any sense at all! Yes, I’ll admit I was, well, a bit lonely when Lady went away. But it was nice to have Mama all to myself, and we were getting along just fine! There was no reason at all for her to show up at the […]
Posted in from the furry side, God thoughts on Sep 12th, 2008
Last Sunday’s sermon was on waiting for God to act.
I’ve been waiting … and waiting … waiting for another beagle! Bobo’s mama never called me back about picking him up today. In the interim, the Denver Dumb Friends’ League called about Sallie, who is six, friendly, purebred, spayed, cute, lovable, and in need of a […]
Posted in God thoughts on Sep 10th, 2008
Bilbo’s on hold for the moment. Now it’s Friday I’m supposed to go meet him and bring him home for a meet-and-greet with Dolphin. I’ll keep you posted, though!