Posted in God thoughts on Nov 27th, 2008
Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done, in Whom His world rejoices!
The hymn was first sung in the 1640s. I was singing it this morning as I worked with the timer for the lights, compiled my family’s traditional Spinache Elegante’, and put on my new slacks […]
Posted in God thoughts on Nov 26th, 2008
I put up my outside lighted Nativity scene figures this afternoon … at least, BobbiJo and her mother put them up, under my direction and encouragement. We don’t have them plugged in yet, nor are the gutter lights up (that will require a man and a ladder). But the figures are in the yard, and […]
Posted in young voices on Nov 24th, 2008
And what, I asked the young people at the Family Learning Center elementary school class this morning, is Thanksgiving about?
Thanksgiving is when we all eat lots and lots of turkey!
And the turkey’s in the middle of the table with other food, and we all sit around the table.
And it’s a special day, just for […]
Posted in from the furry side on Nov 22nd, 2008
Sallie here:
Mama and I were just out walking. People are funny … they don’t know how to walk! They want to keep on going, or they want to stop and chat with other people. And sometimes Mama wants to play sit and down and stay, right in the middle of a walk!
Mama also has this […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Nov 21st, 2008
I just got home from the movie theater, and I am in shock. I’d read the book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a couple weeks ago, when it was reviewed in the paper. It’s a fairly horrifying book, powerful, extremely well done. At the end, after the book club questions, is an author interview, […]
Posted in house church, God thoughts on Nov 18th, 2008
F is for Faithful
1 John 1:9—If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
O is for One
Deuteronomy 6:4-5—Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul […]
Posted in from the furry side on Nov 14th, 2008
Sallie and I (and our obedience school trainer) played hide-and-seek in the PetsMart last night. After running Sallie the length of the store a few times (”Sallie, COME! Good girl!”), Morgan sent me to hide somewhere and call Sallie. Sallie was pretty good at chasing me down, charging up and down the aisles, tail wagging […]
Posted in house church, God thoughts on Nov 11th, 2008
This was our topic in house church this evening. Brad Gefke led, as he does every other week. We only got through about half his notes, and will continue next week. It was clearly a hot topic, eliciting a lot of questions and comments from the adults in the group:
How do you forgive?
What do you […]
Posted in youth group, God thoughts on Nov 8th, 2008
It sounds weird, but I think it’s grammatically correct: If I overdid myself today, then I’m overdone. Right?
I don’t have pneumonia, by the way. “Your chest X-ray is clear,” the nurse said cheerfully. “So all you have to do is take it easy and drink lots of fluids, and you’ll feel fine in about three […]
Posted in from the furry side on Nov 3rd, 2008
Lady had the perfect touch when I was sick. She lay next to me, on sofa or bed, pressed against my side, oozing comfort and compassion. She was perfectly content to snuggle and offer love.
Sallie, on the other hand, barks compulsively at all the prey out the window: squirrels, rabbits, dogs, bikers, joggers, strollers, students, […]