I apologize for this post being a little late in coming today! With all the distractions of Thanksgiving and everything, I forgot to finish and publish it for today. Here it is, hopefully it didn’t mess anyone up. :-) Our pastor is preaching through the first eight chapters of Romans in preparation for the Christmas season. This might seem a little odd, but Romans is actually a very rich book that really delves into the heart of what we believe….
It has always been my tradition that the weekend after Thanksgiving I have started preparing for my favorite time of year! I love Christmas – I always have. I loved it so much I delayed being born SIX days after my due date so I could be a Christmas baby. (I overshot by a day, but I’m okay with that.) So far I have prepared for Christmas by cleaning the house. :-) I am still unpacking, but I think I’ve…
Before I begin, I just wanted to say something for the record. I’ve decided to start writing my posts a week behind. So, this is about last Sunday. That gives me a week to think about the sermon and meditate on it. Then I will post it Saturday night, so that y’all have a place to leave your links whenever you are able to write your posts. This makes for a more restful Sunday for me! Anyways… I really love…
“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.” C.S. Lewis One thing I’d like to start doing is writing a thoughtful blog post each Sunday about something I learned in church. This is more for my own benefit than anyone other’s, to force me to pay attention and walk away with something (instead of forgetting the teaching the minute I get in my car after the service). I’ve mentioned before that…
I originally published this post on September 24th. However, a lot was on my mind at the time and I don’t think the post was very well written. Since I am a perfectionist, I am rewriting it. :-) First off, in my “sabbatical” post I hinted at some big news: “A lot of things have been happening here… I can’t share all of them because I need to inform the appropriate people first.” Several people thought that I meant I…