Posted in Travels on Mar 29th, 2009
The puddles were frozen in Amarillo this morning, but roads were still pretty clear as we headed across the Texas panhandle and then south toward Dallas. One of Diane’s heart-goals for the trip has been to see bluebonnets—Texas’s state flower that blooms in the early spring.
Well, we were driving along the interstate when I spotted […]
Posted in Travels on Mar 29th, 2009
My friend Diane’s mother moved to assisted living last year. Diane spent most of Christmas in Dallas, going through her old home, boxing and sorting. And now, in Diane’s spring break (she’s a kindergarten teacher), we are driving to Dallas to bring boxes back. Complicating all this was last Thursday’s blizzard, which left feet of snow, […]
Posted in youth group, God thoughts on Mar 20th, 2009
That was our closing activity in youth group this evening. We had the whole complement of kids, 13 in all, all our regulars. The hormone, energy, and volume level were high, and there was some good thinking going on.
So, who do you relate to in the Bible, and why?
the Israelites, who were always complaining
Esther, who […]
Posted in from the furry side on Mar 17th, 2009
I’ve got a nasty cold and have spent most of the past several days in bed. Sallie thinks this is a waste of time. Surely, she implies, you could take me for a walkie, if you’re going to be home so much!
But I snuggle deeper under the covers and ignore her.
A couple of times […]
Posted in from the furry side on Mar 12th, 2009
Back and forth, through the fences and across the trees, goes the daily barking—headlines, messages, warnings, passed from dog to dog across the city for the defense of us all.
A few highlights from today’s news:
Warning! Two boys on skateboards!
It’s trash day! Here comes the truck!
I saw a squirrel!
Watch out for the white cat!
Jogger with stroller—beware!
A […]
Posted in youth group on Mar 8th, 2009
The youth group worked with Esther this week, partly in honor of Purim (which starts March 10) and partly because we’re studying young people in the Bible who faced situations parallel to modern life.
We started with a walk-through skit—by which I mean I assigned parts, handed out scripts, and the kids read through it without […]
Posted in God thoughts on Mar 3rd, 2009
A group of about 50 women from Boulder Valley Christian Church went to Allen’s Park this weekend. There we focused on Acts 2:42, which tells us the first Christian believers “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.”
We studied the Bible, played games, sang praise songs […]