Category Archives: Gospel living
Leaving town . . .
for a whole week. A week. Leaving town for a week. Just me. Not the whole family. Me. Going to go to two different conferences where I plan to use my brain to its fullest, soaking up religious studies and … Continue reading
Filed under 2011, Family Life, Gospel living, milestones
How did we get here?
Yesterday I made a mighty big promise (though I didn’t actually promise) to finish up the Army back-story stuff in a paragraph or two so that I can return to the colon cancer story. Yeah. I’m sure you believed me. … Continue reading
Filed under 2011, Army stuff, Gospel living, my husband
Plotting it all out . . .
I’ve struggled to start a post in which I lay out all that we’ve gone through in this past year and all that we have planned for the next. This is my fourth attempt, I think, because I’m just not … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living
You’ll Always Have the Poor Among You . . .
Do you know I’ve heard that said as if it were a promise? that I’ve heard people building their entire philosophy of giving over that verse? “Jesus said we’d never solve the problem of poverty.” “I mean, there’s only so … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, theologizing
God is good
and sometimes I just feel it. With eyes that well with tears for no particular reason. Just knowing. Out of nowhere. He’s there. In spite of me. He’s there. I need to be productive today. Run some errands with Ruthie, … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, milestones, theologizing
Writing just to write today . . .
Because I said I would. My brain has been saturated with the horrible situation where this little girl was killed by her parents’ use of someone else’s guide to parenting. Many of my imaginary friends are writing all kinds of … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, theologizing
Rambling posts . . .
Day one of writing for the sake of writing and noticing that it’s . . . let’s see here . . . Friday. Morning. And February. I can’t really be held responsible for knowing the actual date, can I? Friday. … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, homekeeping, preaching, theologizing
Lent. Discipline. Or something like that . . .
I have this ambivalence about Lent. I grew up in a world of “When you are fasting, make sure you tell everyone you know and look miserable and pious all at the same time.” A philosophy in direct opposition to … Continue reading
Filed under blogging, Gospel living, Lent, theologizing, writing
Talkin’ ’bout proselytizing . . .
I admit, I am woefully out of touch with the political/popular culture/news networks/word-on-the-national-street scene. I am. But this whole Brit Hume thing hit my radar last night and again this morning. Last night I heard about it on the “Daily … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, politics, theologizing
You Go. I’ll take care of this., part IV
My title for these reflections is “You go. I’ll take care of this.” And I want to tell you why. My reflections on this passage have left me with this image in my head. You go to your grandmother’s house … Continue reading
Filed under Gospel living, theologizing
