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January 2009

January 30, 2009

Making a mess of worship

"When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus...

January 23, 2009

Book review: Rex

Rex's life was marked by one tragic diagnosis after another: blind, autistic, a spectrum of...

January 18, 2009

Praying for revival

Yesterday, we attended the quarterly "When We Pray" county-wide concert of prayer. Each time it's...

January 13, 2009

Where are you, Holy Spirit?

If you have ever experienced the nearness of God in your life - heard His...

January 10, 2009

Bad Hair (salon) Day

I trudged and slid through the slushy, ice-slicked parking lot of a local strip mall...

January 04, 2009

Makin’ A List

I've been attending church services for over 30 years. Here's a list of the books...

January 01, 2009

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Not exactly a resolution, this post captures my longings for 2009...and 2015, for that matter...Click...

December 2008

December 28, 2008

What does surrender look like?

I'm re-reading Elizabeth Goudge's The Dean's Watch, a Christmastime treat to myself. (Ignore the lame...

December 23, 2008

I’m dreaming of…

"Why would God waste 8 hours of each day?" I once heard a conference speaker...

December 21, 2008

Book review: The Unseen

TracFones. Brainwashing. Surveillance. Creep Club. CIA. Parkour. Characters named Dilbert, Humpty, Swarm and Snake. All...

December 19, 2008

Deep questions on a December snow day

Why do the same Christmas decorations that look so festive in mid-December look so tacky...

December 16, 2008

Not the usual carol

Here's a different kind of Christmas song on which to meditate this Advent...Revelation 15 captures...

December 13, 2008

Let’s review

Shortly after I began homeschooling in 1992, I responded to a "help wanted" note I...

December 07, 2008

Greasy squeaky wheels

Some cliches live on in our language long after their original context has faded. "The...

December 05, 2008

Portrait of a deadline-driven work life

This is a blurry image, taken with my cell phone, of the organizational tool I...

December 02, 2008

Shalom, tree!

When I was a little kid, I attended a couple of years of "Sunday School"...

November 2008

November 25, 2008

Into thin air

Cindy (not her real name) had stopped attending Young Life meetings, and was partying pretty...

November 20, 2008

Dodgeball revisited

I'm 49 years old, far too old for Dodgeball. Right? Today I was sitting in...

November 17, 2008

A little light hit a dark corner in my soul this morning. Maybe these words...

November 11, 2008

I’m not making this up…

If you and I have ever talked about books, you know I have always proudly...

November 06, 2008

Post-election consolation prizes

In the wake of Tuesday's election, I have read and listened to plenty of response...

November 04, 2008

Random anecdote Tuesday

It's not too often we get an opportunity to have a do-over in life, but...

October 2008

October 30, 2008

The audacity of hope

"The candidate who is most positive about our future almost always wins elections."Seems so obvious,...

October 26, 2008

What matters RIGHT NOW

Last year as my mom was dying, I was amazed at how very small the...

October 16, 2008

Every which way but that way

This is not the chart. See below. I once read an article with a very...

October 12, 2008

Shameless grandmother pride

Just a couple of new pictures. Indulge me...Grandpa and Gabriel, during our apple-picking excursion. All...

October 05, 2008

The Blue Parakeet: A review

A pet parakeet wanders the yard of author, blogger, North Park University professor, birdwatcher and...

October 03, 2008

Happy birthday, Lio!

Early this morning, our second grandchild, Lionel Ilan (LEE-o-nel EE-lahn) Valenzuela-Lozano was born. Here's a...

October 01, 2008

Shock absorbers

One of our former pastors (that's a depressing phrase, but I digress...) had a catchy...

September 2008

September 27, 2008

Courage? Or Cowardice?

Is this courage or cowardice?Issue A arises inside an organization. The issue is more than...