Run. There it is. And i’m not really looking forward to it. I’ve had this word on my heart for a while now, but honestly I’ve had a hard time committing to it because I know that it’s going to be hard…(which seems like a trend for me every year…a tough word that I don’t […]
So here it is. The end of 2014. What a GREAT year. I think it is safe to say that this year was the best one yet for me. I know I didn’t keep up with the blog well…at all really…but here’s the truth: Even though I didn’t blog about it, it still happened 😉 […]
The natural theme this time of year is always thanksgiving. No surprise there! Every year, around our one day that is set aside for us to be thankful on, we are reminded that we shouldn’t just be thankful on Thanksgiving but every day. For many of us, however, being thankful doesn’t come naturally. We might […]
I have been watching the news of Robin Williams’ death unfold via social media over the last week and I’ve been reading a LOT of different takes on the travesty of a life lost. Obviously there are always people who make ridiculously cruel and ignorant comments when things like this happen, but there have been […]
So I preached my first sermon last Sunday…I thought I’d just write a blog post about what I said instead of posting a link to the audio but then I realized I was just being chicken… My word for the year has been speak. I’ve been taking whatever opportunities I can to be accountable to really […]
We had a dessert auction last night at the church to raise money to send kids to camp. Most people have either had a life changing camp experience or else WISH they had one…so we’ve done what we can to try to make that happen for at least a few kids in our community. It […]
MOMS come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: kids. Since we were all kids once we’ve all had a mom, no matter what our relationship with her looked like. If your relationship with your mom was or is less than ideal then Mother’s Day might not be a pleasant […]
Do you know a good man? A good woman? I do. There are lots of them. People who use their time to help others. People who use their resources for more than themselves. People who care about the world around them, and who do something to show it. I know lots of these good men […]
It was anti-bullying day on Wednesday. A great movement. It’s time to be aware that bullying is a big issue and that it needs to be dealt with, but it also brought to mind some other stuff that is going on in North America that has been really bothering me lately… The Justin Bieber “loser […]
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do (Romans 7:15) This verse has always kind of given me a headache. I can remember reading it over and over to myself slooooowly…trying to break it down into parts. It was almost […]