Family Friday #12: Holy Friday
Every Good Friday I am reminded of 2 sermons – one by Dr. Bob Brouwer on Judas and one by Dr. Tony Campolo on the Eternal Now. I cannot begin to summarize the totality of these sermons in one post but I will say that they were significant enough in my growing faith that their…
Family Friday #11 ITFDB
It’s Time For Dodger Baseball Both Jim and I grew up as baseball fans. Actually we both grew up rooting for the Dodgers. We also grew up in the era where baseball cards were clipped into spokes and “ruined” for the completely unique and motorized sound, when going to sporting events was affordable for the…
Family Friday #10 Seeing People
AKA – Ministry happens in the context of relationships. When I was packing up my house I found several random tiny treasures, mostly pictures or mementos given to one of us from one of our students. I think the thing that is significant is that after so many years each one – in fact even…
It depends – the means to the ends
I am a person who loves her independence. I value the traits of standing on my own two feet, my own merits and my individuality. It is a sense of freedom and self-reliance that feeds me. But God made me for something more. This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the one who trusts…
He promises to always make a way!
Once again I am humbled by the reality that God. Loves. Me. No. Matter. What. There are daily reminders of how steadfast the promises of God are and that He will always provide a way. Last month I could not see how I would get it all packed up nor how I would ever be…
Happy #28 Clayton
Clayton, I remember the day you were born so well. A lot of time has passed since that day and there have been many adventures and hardships inbetween, but today I celebrate the man that is you. I remember many of your birthday celebrations. Many of them included snow and even blizzard conditions (Funny how…
Happy #34 Connor
Dear Connor, How is it possible that you are in your thirties? How is it possible that you have been my son-in-love for 9 years already? Time sure has gone by fast. In fact, time is like a roll of toilet paper that unrolls faster and faster the closer it gets to the end of…
How many does it take?
How many boxes WIll it take to pack my stuff? How many hugs will it take to say I’ve missed you? How many times do I need to really learn my lesson? How many Bible Studies does it take until we get the main point? And by “getting it” there is the requirement of appropriation.…
Family Friday #7 – Our First Christmas
Our first Christmas together was 1979 when Jim stayed with us and asked my dad if he could marry me. That is another story documented somewhere else in this blog. But, Christmas 1980 was our first as husband and wife. There are many things I remember about that specific Christmas but also about our intentionality…
The posture in 2024
We all face the same challenge to let go of what lies behind, rest in the present and trust the future to God’s good keeping. This is the posture of content obedience. It was 38 years ago this month that God told Jim and I to “Go”. We listened and obeyed. We left a great…