i was hoping to be able to get something out on this before Fred Phelps died, which apparently i failed to do. Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church where we use the term 'church' loosely as nothing of what i ever heard them connected to sounded anything like the idea of church that i have come to know and love. An obvious indicator is that the website address of this 'church' is the [...]
DAY 15ish received this in an email from someone i don't really know so well on the book of faces and figured it was a good reflection to have on this day: Task: Join with me in praying this Lent Prayer “Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.” JOHN 11 Jesus then said, "I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even [...]
Jesus cranks things up a notch by talking about end times and the importance of being watchful in this passage from Mark 13.14-37. [For the next vlog in the Mark series on Jesus and perfume and creating space for the interruption, click here]
sh! don't talk. don't challenge. whatever you do, don't try to get me to think... just nod, smile, pat me on the back, enthusiastically high five me as we pass each other, to validate this current choice i'm making 'like' my current status retweet my popular point of view please don't dare to hold my latest hypocracy up to the light or unravel the threads of my present inconsistency after all, when did [...]
DAY 14ish Task: Today is a simple but profound one. Intentionally show gratitude to someone for something you tend to take for granted. I know we have looked at Gratitude already in this series, but i really want to take it a step deeper and for us to really look for someone in our day who does something for us and probably does not get thanked or appreciated or maybe even noticed. Imagine if we [...]
...so take off all your clothes. I am getting so hot, I want to take my clothes off. No, mom, don't worry, it's just a song! ...and one of the most hilarious parts of my weekend... SETTING THE SCENE Friday 6.30pm: Borrow my housemates car to go hit field hockey practice at the Bladium and i turn the radio on as i drive down the road and it's some irritating talking and so i flip [...]
We read the story of Jade and Sean as part of the Marriage Year 4 posts and Jade was so inspired by taking time to reflect on her marriage that she invited her folks to do the same and so we have this stunning post by her mom, Shelley. Deon and I were married on August 30 1986, which means we have been married for 28 years this year. I would love to say it [...]
There have still been people joining us in this Lent Observance and so a quick shout out to you. Glad to have you with us... My apologies for the break in Lent Observance transmissions, but we were away this weekend at Yosemite. Tough break huh? Anyways, will be on track again from today and have revised the series name to 40ish Days of Lent - let's see just how far we get. DAY 13 So [...]
The death of a baby or child is forever life changing in every way that you can imagine, or maybe you can not imagine. I must have heard this a million times, “I can not image how you handle this; I would not be able to handle it.” Who wants to imagine the death of their baby or child, No one I know and neither did I. But I found myself in that very real [...]
We have definitely gotten through some challenges in nearly 18 years of marriage. The challenges that seemed to be a big deal once, I actually look back and laugh about now. At the time, the toilet seat being left up or the tooth paste cap off was no laughing matter. Now, there are bigger challenges of forgiving each other for things that seem unforgivable; learning to communicate about our differences of parenting styles rather than [...]