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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jesus saves, over and over again

I can’t really tell you the scripture this comes from, but I am convinced that Jesus doesn’t just save sinners.
He saves me, every day, every moment.  Each time I turn to Him when I feel small, or petty, or discouraged, or angry.  He saves me from that and sends me in another direction.
Right now I’m [...]

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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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morning funnies

My brother doesn’t do mornings.
Frankly neither do I.  Or at least I wouldn’t if I didn’t have to in order to make a living in the real world. *sigh*  Most mornings I would love to have a cup of tea delivered to me, wrap up in a blanket, sit on the porch, read a book [...]

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ginny at work

for the Ginny photo addicts who must be appeased at all costs.  Here is your “fix” for the day.
This was taken back during the Christmas break when I brought Ginny to work with me for one day. I’d forgotten about it, but we just cleared off the work camera and these showed up.

Just thought you [...]

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mom-cuts….aren’t

I want my long hair back.
Frankly I could just strangle all the people who ganged together to convince me that short hair was the best choice I could make as a new mother.
What was I thinking?
let’s walk through this, slowly.
Back when I had long hair I had lots of different, elegant looks available to me.  [...]

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little things DO matter

This morning my husband and I were talking about trips we had taken together and he did something that stunned me.
He remembered an exact sentence of mine, about something relatively inconsequential from a conversation that happened at least 3 years ago!
I can’t say that I was instantly impressed.  But upon reflection, I think that I [...]

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there’s a nurse chewing on my ear

and it’s NOT fun.
Okay lets’ see if we can all agree on something.  When a doctor says “give this medication every 4 to 6 hours AS NEEDED for wheezing”  that means what?
Well to me it means listen to my child.  IF she is wheezing and it has been at least four hours since the last [...]

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update on Ginny’s RSV

She is responding well to treatment.
The coughing and wheezing continue, and she sleeps a lot, but she has no fever and she still wakes with smiles and joy everytime we disturb her rest to give her a bottle or medicine.
thanks for your prayers.
Sunday Update:
Ginny is still doing well.  We did have to call the on-call [...]

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slow change, a slow dance

sometimes I think big changes are easier.
conversion experiences are dramatic and no one is really surprised when you start acting differently, or give up certain pursuits.
What I find difficult is living out the slow changes God is trying to make in my life.  Especially in my attitudes and actions at work. (anybody else with me [...]

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