Heartbreaking

26Sep09

One of my blog friends shared a link to the heartbreaking story of this family.
Sara Sullivan was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, about the same time that she and her husband Brad found out that they were expecting their first child. They had been stationed in Asia (Brad is in the military) but [...]

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Thinking Back

22Sep09

Originally written on February 22, 2009
First off, could it be any cooler that you can blog directly from Microsoft Word? Really? This simplifies my life a lot…I can’t count the number of times I get random flashes of inspiration for blog topics yet never get them past the draft stage. Somehow, saving drafts online makes [...]

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Hospitality

15Sep09

Continuing my period of blog introspection…
When I studied in Oman in 2006 we “kept our eyes out for”  cultural differences – this is probably due in large part to the fact that our faculty leader was a Sociology prof. We did numerous ethnography assignments before departing and while we were there I was on the [...]

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He’s Always Been Faithful

10Sep09

Great is thy faithfulness
Lord unto me.
Morning by morning,
I wake up to find
the power and comfort
of God’s hand in mine.
Season by season
I watch Him amazed,
in awe of the mystery
of His perfect ways.
All I have need of
His hand will provide
He’s always been faithful to me.
I can’t remember
a trial or a pain
He did not recycle
to bring me gain.
I [...]

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renewal

26Aug09

My church has been experiencing a profound period of renewal and spiritual growth over the past month. I wish we could sit down over coffee and chat about it, because these types of winds and waves don’t translate well to the written word. I can type that people’s lives are being profoundly changed; I [...]

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Praying for Stellan

27Jul09

So, for over a year now I have been reading Jennifer’s blog and keeping up with the adventures of her adorable little family. Their youngest son, Stellan, is just about 9 months old. He was diagnosed with a heart condition in utero and was not expected to survive to be born. Survive he did, however, [...]

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Called to Connect

18Jun09

We cannot live our lives in isolation. It’s not healthy, and it’s not how we were made to live.
As an introvert, it’s very easy for me to “hide out” because I don’t get lonely when I’m by myself. I don’t get that stir crazy feeling that others say they have if they haven’t left the [...]

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in the rearview

15Jun09

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. {Hebrews 11:1, KJV}
Yesterday, my pastor was preaching about family, but there was a little detour that spoke to me much more than the main thesis of his sermon.
Our faith is the “substance of things hoped for” – what things? What do [...]

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Edited to add…

09Jun09

I know I promised that I wouldn’t post anymore on The Fiasco Which Shall Not Be Named, but I’ve gotten dozens of emails about this today, even after my conclusory post. 
To those who have criticized me and accused me of being a “hater” and causing grief for that family either by email or via the [...]

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Lundi de Pentecôte

01Jun09

If you live in France, mai is a fabuluous month – there’s about a billion (okay, more like 3 or 4) holidays…really, nothing at all gets done. I loved it
Anyway, I continue to read several French blogs (or ex-pat blogs…love those…) and several of them were all about their holiday and it took [...]

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