Life as Thank You 20
Dear Lauren, I am so grateful for our friendship and how it has grown. I love that we can encourage and challenge each other; it was fun being Mothers of the {bride/groom} … together with dress shopping, planning, losing weight and more. I actually don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much without you.…
Mock Rock 2016
Clayton was part of Biola’s mock rock this spring. Here is the link to the Bropoc video. Can you find him? http://dl.ucmvideo.com/KB0n/2GSV0oYa
Life as Thank you 19
Julie, my forever friend! You have been my lifelong friend. There are not enough words to say how grateful I am for you. I am who I am today because God put you in my life! I decided this year to write an old-school thank you note each week to someone and tell them how…
Short and Sweet
I am full today as I think about my family, both nuclear and extended. Jim has been gone “too long” (5 1/2 years exactly or 2008 days) but I make it though each day by God’s grace. I see Jim’s legacy in surprising and meaningful ways and I am proud to carry that legacy on.…
Meaningful Lyrics
Of late, this song has really ministered to me….. Tell your Heart to Beat Again by Danny Gokey, Hope in Front of Me Album You’re shattered like you’ve never been before The life you knew in a thousand pieces on the floor Words fall short in times like these When this world drives you to…
Life as Thank you 18
Dear Ginny B, I am writing thank you notes each week in 2016 to let people know how grateful I am for them. And in honor of your birthday I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know how thankful I am for you. I remember when I first met you after the…
Life as Thank you 17
Dear Dennie & Diana, I decided to write an old school thank you note each week as an act of discipline. I am writing yours together because I cannot think of one of you without the other! Diana, Thank you for being a great role model for me of a pastor’s wife and mother. I…
Jesus is the Author of my story
Last Sunday we had the privilege of celebrating the story of the 5 martyrs in Ecuador who opened the door for the Waorani people to find faith. One of the things that Jamie Saint shared really got me as I struggle with trying to edit God’s story. All of a sudden it became clear to…
Life as Thank You 16
Dear Harold, In an effort to build the discipline of gratitude I am writing an “old-school” thank you note each week. On the weekend a group of us from the old days at DFB (Waldrons, Andersons, Bradburys, Minnix’ Clemetsons. etc) were meeting at our monthly Bible study and, as usual, some of what we have…
Hinged on grace
I am once again struck by the incomprehensibility of grace. God’s scandalous response to sin and death and hell is amazing grace. I fear I am too quick to deny grace in my own life, let alone in the life of anyone else; I tend to diminish it and push it away in my effort…