….. There are three horizontal windows in the front of our house. They are about three feet wide and 12 inches tall, and they are stacked on top of each other. From the outside of the house, they provide some pretty cool visual detail on the 2nd story (as you can see above the front… Continue reading Hidden glory
Category: Faith
A confession
Tonight, I struggle to write this blog. Why, I ask myself? I know a piece of it is because I have had a hard time putting it into words myself. It has taken a few weeks to even understand exactly what I have feeling … or “wrestling” with, if you will. So what do I… Continue reading A confession
A little disagreement with Paul
Alright – today ya’ll I am going to be a bit more theological, I hope you don’t mind. Our Passage: Galatians 4:25 through 31 I’m reading though Galatians this week, and as I come to this section, I am having an issue with what Paul is doing with it. I can clearly see he is… Continue reading A little disagreement with Paul
The Gospel and the Sunrise
[Hi all… This weekend I am stuck inside with a bout of food poisoning (ugh) – so pulling one out of the archives that I never posted.] When we first started visiting the church we went to in Illinois, our pastor would ask a question: What if the gospel was meant to be more like… Continue reading The Gospel and the Sunrise
Who does your thinking?
I have this little post-it note sitting on my standing desk beneath my monitor, mainly so that I can see it front and center. Right now, it’s about as close as I am going to get to God hand-writing a note to me… but lately it’s something I have needed to remind myself of more… Continue reading Who does your thinking?
Monday musings in Target
Yes… Target. I promise, I’ll explain. But first: Have you ever had that experience where you read something in the Bible, you think “yeah.. read that, heard it a million times… really would like to understand a new nugget but I got nothing?” The classic story of Jesus temptation in Matthew chapter 4 has always… Continue reading Monday musings in Target
The Undoing
Today at church the pastor spoke of one of the (seemingly) smaller pieces of what happens after Jesus’ crucifixion and before his resurrection. It’s a passage of scripture that can easily be brushed over in any given reading, if you do not stop to understand the reason why it’s in the text: [Matthew 27:51] “…at… Continue reading The Undoing
An early Easter observation
(Quilt photo taken from the Houston Quilt show 2016) Ok, I’ll admit it: I have never really been one for walking through the church calendar years and observing all the days. I get why they are there. I understand the point of Ash Wednesday and Lent, and there have been years where I have really… Continue reading An early Easter observation
Standing on the mountain
Don’t you just love it when you read a story in the bible that you have read over and over and you know by heart, yet when you look at it again, there is something you missed? I love when that happens. It always seems to bring new insight, and, most likely, speaks to where… Continue reading Standing on the mountain
The Three Trees
I have a bit of a funny story to share. Earlier in December as we were decorating for Christmas, I was talking with Maddie about Christmas traditions and how we should start some new ones now that we are here. Out of curiosity, I asked which of the traditions we had that she remembered the… Continue reading The Three Trees
Finding the Life 