"If you have a message of encouragement for the people, please speak." Acts 13:15
Posted in books on Jan 31st, 2009
So how do you, in a couple hundred pages, capture the story of your oldest son’s near-death drowning and the ensuing years of recovery and healing? Throw in the combined grief and helplessness of enduring it as a family of five, maintaining your marriage, questioning God amidst a deep-rooted faith, and then somehow communicating it [...]
Posted in Happenings, Reflection, Wednesday Wonder on Jan 28th, 2009
“Why don’t you go see Heather this weekend?”“What? Just pick up and go? You think it’d work?”“Sure, if you take Basden & Esther, I can handle the boys for a few days. Even if you leave Thursday morning, I can make arrangements after school.”“Well, can you still make those arrangements if I leave Essie?!”After all, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2009
So I’m at Starbucks, eying the distance between my coffee cup and my laptop. A couple of weeks ago, my normally-fairly-cheap hazlenut misto cost me a couple hundred bucks. So today, after a two week sabbatical from my Macbook, new keyboard and all, I’m trying to be a little more careful with my coffee. So… [...]