Posted in house church, God thoughts on Jan 30th, 2009
If you were Sherlock Holmes, I asked, or a police investigator, what can you tell about us—individually or as a group—from what we’re wearing? Not jewelry, not face or hair, just the clothes …
Braden said he likes Madrid, which is what’s on his shirt. Lindy pointed out that the house is cool; almost everyone had […]
Posted in youth group, God thoughts on Jan 25th, 2009
Happy Chinese New Year!
My youth group did the “Everything skit” for their part in the church celebration, and it was phenomenal! There were adults in tears, and even the pastor agreed the skit showed what the kids are facing and will be facing as they go through life. They planned and practiced and performed it […]
Posted in God thoughts, writing on Jan 22nd, 2009
“The main thing,” a friend said to me yesterday after our writing group, “is to keep the main thing as the main thing.”
Once I processed that, it made perfect sense. Whatever the main thing is in what I’m doing, it will be best if I focus on keeping that in the center.
Example: we’re in the […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., God thoughts on Jan 20th, 2009
It’s a week full of changes in leadership. And since I am terrified of change, it’s a hard time for me.
First, and most obvious, of course, is our new president. I think the expectations set for him are impossible, and I’m praying he will be able to keep on his feet as he finds his […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., writing on Jan 16th, 2009
Elk Creek Elementary School’s oral spelling bee was yesterday. I drove down there (it’s about an hour south of here, in the foothills), starting in fog but ending in bright sunshine. We began with children from all grade levels, working through phonetically regular words. But before long we’d moved into words from the Dutch (rabbit, […]
Posted in writing on Jan 11th, 2009
I submit regularly to compilation books in the Cup of Comfort series. And I’ve had pieces accepted for several of them, so they feel like home to me.
My favorite editor, Susan Townsend, had requested a story on the Proverbs 31 woman, a couple of summers ago. And then another on Mary Magdalene. So I was […]
Posted in God thoughts on Jan 6th, 2009
I’ve never liked this woman. She’s a construct … a hypothetical, perfect woman, according to King Solomon. She does all sorts of things not on my list: she sews, has obedient children, plants and sells, weaves and decorates … no way I can measure up to her.
I came to terms, sort of, with her a […]
Posted in Just thinking ... on Jan 3rd, 2009
Oh, I’m in love! Vicki and I saw this magnet building toy at Grand Rabbits (surely the best toy store in the universe!). We played with it at the checkout counter—squares and triangles, with embedded magnets (therefore, safe). You can build things. Fun! So she bought one for her grandchildren and all, and I got […]