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March 2010

March 30, 2010

Express yourself

Our youngest son Jacob, 23, regularly surprises us as he'll offhandedly recount a little snippet...

March 26, 2010

Chicken soup season of life

About as long as I can remember, the fall, winter and spring seasons have been...

March 23, 2010

The Big C Church

"They're all here to hear John Ortberg, don't you think?" a first-time attendee at this...

March 19, 2010

A mixed bag full of apricots and hammers

The recent news that a child's death has been blamed on the parents' adherence to...

March 16, 2010

Review: The Living Dialogue Series

When I first came to faith in Christ, Bible study tools were like comprehension drills:...

March 07, 2010

Retreat

My dear friend and long-time prayer partner Meg and I both kept expressing the same...

March 01, 2010

Review: One Million Arrows

Julie Ferwerda, the author of One Million Arrows: Raising Your Children To Change The World...

February 2010

February 25, 2010

Purim

The Jewish holiday of Purim takes place this weekend. The holiday is a miraculous story...

February 19, 2010

The Great Tylenol Caper

Yes, it's a picture of shelves full of Tylenol and some of Tylenol's pain reliever...

February 15, 2010

Review: Crave

We are hungry people.Author Chris Tomlinson explores the contours of these hungers in a pithy,...

February 12, 2010

We are fam-ah-lee

The pastor's wife leads the worship ministry at their small congregation. Or...the pastor's son-in-law becomes...

February 09, 2010

Book review: Thy Kingdom Connected

Is the church: (A) series of bunkers, sheds and silos storing already-harvested grain or (B) an organic, open...

February 08, 2010

Your advice?

I've been blogging for over four years now. In that time, I've had two addresses,...

February 02, 2010

Book review: What’s He Really Thinking?

Another book review today! I have to put my own bias out here: I am not...

January 2010

January 30, 2010

Practice makes…an avocado scarf

This is what a first draft looks like. After a forty year hiatus, I took up...

January 28, 2010

Add your prayer

Just weeks after the wedding last March, my new brother-in-law Larry was diagnosed with cancer....

January 26, 2010

Book review | Live Sent: You are a letter

Sometimes an overarching metaphor organizing a work of non-fiction can feel a little trite or...

January 22, 2010

Book review: Who Owns The World?

Who Owns The World? The Surprising Truth About Every Piece of Land on The Planet...

January 17, 2010

I got the volunteer blues

I originally posted the basic content (below) during 2007 - and have tweaked it a...

January 14, 2010

I need Thee every hourMost gracious Lord;No tender voice like ThineCan peace afford. I need...

January 12, 2010

Come, Lord Jesus

A friend asked me if I wanted to join her at a night of corporate...

January 07, 2010

Strange place to plant a family tree

Open the Gospel of Luke, right there in chapter one and begin reading. The physician-scribe...

January 02, 2010

Boundaries or brick walls?

My husband and I had visited a church a few times, and invited the pastor...

December 2009

December 27, 2009

2009: Black Belt in klutziness

The week between Christmas and New Years is filled with all manner of "Year In...

December 21, 2009

A look at the people Jesus loves – Part 4

Click here to read Part 1, here for Part 2 and here for Part 3...

December 16, 2009

A look at the people Jesus loves – Part 3

Click here to read Part 1 , and here to read Part 2.Jesus began his...

December 12, 2009

A look at the people Jesus loves – Part 2

Click here to read part one of the series.Jesus and religious insidersThe Pharisees' motto: We...

December 09, 2009

A look at the people Jesus loves – Part 1

We focus on a little Baby during this season. That little Baby came to us...

December 05, 2009

Book review: Start-Up Nation

We climbed into a cab in Jerusalem early one morning and after asking where we...

November 2009

November 29, 2009

What happens in Vegas…

...stays in Vegas.Clever ad slogan. The guts of it apply to lots of things.During the...