sunday roast is in the oven

Acts 16: 22 – 26
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell [...]

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renewing the gratitude list

months ago I was posting a list of ten things to be grateful for every week.
Sometimes it was simple stuff, like oatmeal cookies.
Sometimes I tried to be profound.
I got lazy after a while and stopped posting those lists.
Well today, in the face of my husband losing his job to the concept of  “reductions in force”  [...]

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the 24/7 bible study

My friend Missy just posted a series about Bible studies.  About how she has been trained to lead them properly and how frustrating is it to sit in a study that someone else is leading and have thoughts flitting through her head like “I would be keeping this discussion on track”  But the point of [...]

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change the world

This weekend I get to go to Atlanta Fest.  A Christian Music festival held in a park near my hometown.
Go here if you want to know more.
There’s a great line-up of musicians and speakers.
But I’m not going for that.
It will be a great day out in the sun, praising Jesus through loud music.
While that is [...]

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well hail did freeze over…

Okay. This weekend went better than I expected on a number of fronts.
First off I took out that wretched pony tail while I was still at work on Friday.  I went to the bathroom armed with a hairbrush and an iron determination that I would come out of there with hair that looked at least [...]

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run the race, or hobble, whatever

Perseverance.
Just keep running. Or walking, limping or even crawling along.
Even when you can’t see progress.
Even when you don’t know if you are doing any good.
Even when no one is thanking you.
Even when it all seems hopeless.
Just. Keep. Going.
Long after you have stopped asking “why?”
When your shoes wear out.
When the strength seems to just be gone.
You [...]

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familyupdate

Just a quick post to show you photos of Ginny’s siblings.
I can’t wait to someday let these kids all meet. Ginny looks so much like Kenna did when she was little.  Or at least, the photos I’ve seen of Kenna…..
Anyway, here are the new pictures:
Mel (Ginny’s birthmom) sent me these so I can show them [...]

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humility of purpose

This past week a preacher I heard prayed this at the beginning of his sermon
“Lord may anything I say be forgotten as quickly as possible.  May anything YOU say through me be remembered and may it grow in the hearts of the hearers“
wow.
I want that kind of humilty of purpose.  Too often I want to [...]

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tips for praying in traffic

In honor of tomorrow and the National Day of Prayer I thought I would post a few tips for Praying in Traffic…since that is where a lot of us actually pray.

do not close your eyes
pray out loud  (it might help you stay awake so that you don’t hit someone)
bless your enemies****
remember to start your prayer [...]

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love me tender

I want to be more sensitive.
Now to those people who know me and know how “over-sensitive” I already am, I will submit to you that what you are labeling “over sensitive” in me right now is actually just a tendency to over-react.
What I’m talking about when I say I want to be more sensitive is [...]

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