Mundane things for God

As a brief recap of my recent brain swirls, I was talking about my struggle to know that my purpose is all around me, right now, in my “mundane” life, and that fulfilling one’s purpose doesn’t happen only when a book is published, a keynote speech is made or a Nobel Peace Prize is won. [...]

Great things for God

How do you know (or would you know) if you’re doing a great thing for God? Are you like me and secretly think that unless you’ve written a bestseller, sold everything and moved to the most remote village on earth to evangelize, have a fully-booked speaking schedule, administer health care to refugees on a voluntary [...]

Uganda, a former atheist & more

I’m short on time, thus the bullet points: We’re planning a mission trip to Uganda this summer.  You can read more about it here. I finished The Shack.  My thoughts coming soon.  Next up, Katt’s in the Cradle by Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell.  It’s a novel about pastors’ wives.  I’m more of a nonfiction [...]

When babies are taken

The thought of losing a child is one too overwhelming for me to ponder.  We almost lost Hayley her first week of life and I will never be the same. I vividly remember being in the ER waiting room after the doctors had essentially kicked me out of triage so they could perform a spinal [...]

Do you watch TV?

Kat, from The Secret Life of Kat, wrote a great post about TV and what we watch.  I’ve found myself thinking about it quite a bit the last week or so, especially this (regarding sexuallyexplicit material):  Because here’s the thing – the girl on the screen IS SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER. And just because her parents didn’t [...]

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