"If you have a message of encouragement for the people, please speak." Acts 13:15
Posted in Reflection on Aug 21st, 2008
I went to bed last night with a heavy heart. Going through a pile of mail as we returned home, I scanned an article in last Sunday’s paper entitled, “If you want to go to heaven…” Evangelicals are neither as numerous nor as uniform in their beliefs as once thought, they are not immune from [...]
Posted in Happenings, family on Aug 21st, 2008
Well, we met her! Finally! Rowan Beth Benjamin, our new little niece. Three 1/2 months old, she is just beautiful. And CONTENT. I’ve met just one baby as “easy” as this one – my friend Sarah’s little Joseph was the same way. Make so little noise, you forget they’re in the room. So all week [...]
Posted in books on Aug 12th, 2008
Agh!!! I LOVE this book! First, I love the layout. A collection of 4-5ish page essays, easy & entertaining to read whenever and wherever. Second, I love Niequist’s insights into the spiritual snippets of every day life. She dives deep into the motives and intentions of her heart and describes with refreshing honesty how God [...]
Posted in Happenings, family on Aug 11th, 2008
Just returned home from a week in San Antonio and Austin. We turned Corbin’s conference at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort into a family vacation and then headed over to the Hyatt Lost Pines outside of Austin for the weekend. What beautiful and fun vacation spots! As with any family vacation, ours had its share [...]
I love it when friends pass books on to us. This one came highly recommended, with good reason. Read it yet? In Family Driven Faith, Voddie Baucham challenges parents to disciple their children in such a way as to instill a multigenerational faith that stretches from generation to generation. This book is making the rounds. [...]