When I was home a month or so ago, I came across some old pictures (hence the Glamour Shots). As I looked at one of them, I realized that I could actually remember going to get that picture taken.
I remember loving the yellow dress, even if the elastic did make red indents on my stomach.
I [...]
I’m writing a book. Okay, it’s the proverbial book that every writer is writing. But the other day my friend Krissy posted a blog about summer, and it prompted me to pull up one of the chapters of this autobiographical “book” and share it on here.
What’s your favorite summer memory?
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I’m bored.
My summer break [...]
I saw this over on Shaun Groves’ blog. It’s a little long, but please watch the whole thing. It is beautiful, heart-breaking and inspiring.
6 years.
2,190 days.
52,560 hours.
6 years since I saw his face.
2,190 days since I heard his laugh.
52,560 hours since he told me I love you.
6 years I have known grief.
2,190 days I have known loss .
52,560 hours I have known pain.
6 years feel like yesterday.
2,190 days feel like forever.
52,560 hours feel like today.
6 years I’ve missed [...]
A friend of mine is going to Ethiopia this weekend, and since I have two Compassion kiddos there, he agreed to take gifts to them.
Have you ever tried to shop for a child in poverty. It’s an odd feeling. Knowing the money I was spending on trinkets was a month’s salary for their parents. But [...]
So, I have no idea what to blog about today. I keep getting these thoughts, and I think, oh, I should blog about that. But it’s just a sentence or so worth of thoughts. Not enough for a whole blog. But I tell ya, they’re real gems. So I’m just going to do a little [...]
When I was in college, I was in charge of promoting concerts and coffeehouses. I was also the editor of the paper, so in addition to making sure riders were fulfilled and artists were fed, I also often had a chance to interview said artists. And in the three years that I served in those [...]
Recently, I read an article about Mother Teresa in Time magazine, about her so-called “crisis of faith.” Since this story has been all over the place lately, I won’t really rehash it here. (You can read it in the above link, if you like.)
Since I read this article, I can’t stop thinking about it. [...]
How great is our God…
Worship used to be simple. I remember being in college, singing songs with all of my friends in a crowded worship service. I believed the words I sang. I had no reason not to believe them. I sang with a simple faith–a naive faith–an untested faith.
Sing with me…
This morning in church, [...]
Beside my bed, there sits a brown basket filled with letters. Any time I get a piece of mail with a handwritten note, it goes in my basket. An all-to-rare occurence in this day of emails and text messages, but I digress (and wow, do I sound old).
Today, I was cleaning, and I gathered up [...]