Confession: I have so much to learn about love. These verses blessed, corrected, and inspired me this week: 1 Cor 13, from The Message. 1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all […]
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Confession: I am tired. Our family just came through a week of participating in vacation Bible school for city kids of Meadville. Ryan taught a class of eleven-and-up boys, I taught a class of seven-year-olds, and our kids sat in classes too. Mostly mine. Some nights Kelly insisted on being held while I told the
Confession: These four observations really ought to be placed in four separate posts. But I would get sick of thinking about food long before the fourth day came. So read them in four sittings, if you’re picky that way. Or mull on them separately. Or just close your computer and go eat something. I don’t
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Confession: I could really get into watching the Food Network. Last week I inadvertently found myself sitting in front of a large-screen version—in an x-ray waiting room, to be exact—and I watched, fascinated, as a mouth-watering beef stew and an espresso ice cream took shape. I’m enough of a foodie myself to care tremendously about
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Confession: I love to cook. But I hate heating up my kitchen in the summertime. Here are a few foods that help us keep cool. Gina’s BBQ Burgers I’m telling you, these are a midsummer night’s dream. I make them with my favorite homemade barbecue sauce: ¼ cup brown sugar ½ cup ketchup 1 T.
Confession: I can’t figure out what God thinks of women. I was cruising blissfully through 1 Timothy last week and suddenly hit a speed bump. Let a woman learn in silence. Full stop. Frown. Excuse me? Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or
Confession: I always thought that Jesus was silent during the Passion because He was in a sort of bubble of holy calm. He was fully surrendered to God’s will, right? So He must have been buoyed by an ethereal grace, shielding him from anger, doubt, and despair. Right? I don’t think so. Jesus was a
Confession: Everything I know about life, I learned from my goat. What? You thought from my sisters? That was last month, for heaven’s sake. Lesson 1: Jump all over everyone you love. They’ll be speechless. With delight, of course! Lesson 2: Adopt a mother who is not of your species. “When my billy and my
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(Sincere apologies to those of you who received this post twice via email. We encountered technical difficulties and had to remove it from the blog for serious revision. Meh.) ****** Confession: I bought a lot of Bible storybooks for my children before we finally found a few we really loved. After much hunting, here are our
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I love, love written words The song and dance Shield and lance Written words are powerful Spoken ones scare me Spoken words creep out unknown Pop out fast, can’t return Spoken words are Shari when her guard is down Spoken words are funny things Come out quirky, trailing strings or straggle into mishmash