Home is an interesting word that has so many different connotations, and so much meaning, or lack of meaning depending on the person. Alice Merton has a song called No Roots that makes me think she and I might be kindred spirits. Her chorus that she repeats several times, “I've got no roots, but my … Continue reading Home
Recently, I was reminded that the people with the biggest, or at least loudest opinions about church and how things should go are usually people that are least vested, or do not have a lot of "skin in the game" as the saying goes. Many times people who make a suggestion about something we should … Continue reading Skin in the Game
Quite a long time ago I read Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. There was one chapter that has stuck with me all these years, chapter 18, not even the whole chapter, but the last part of it. (In my copy it is pages 217-221.) I keep a copy of these pages in my Bible … Continue reading Word Shaped Views
Hospitality: the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. (Google search definition) Romans 12:13 tells us to pursue hospitality, practice hospitality, be given to it. J.B. Phillips and the Webster’s dictionary definition hedge it in terms of food and lodging in a home or hotel, etc… I have been thinking about … Continue reading Daily Hospitality
So for years I have read blogs that linked up with Five Minute Fridays. I finally have a blog and have started formally writing so I thought I would like to join in. Fridays do not seem to work for me, so as per my second choice name for this blog, Late to the … Continue reading Influence (FMF Link Up)
After reading Every Does by Bob Goff last year, I adopted his idea of visualizing my inside as a bucket ( I did not carry a full-sized bucket like he did though). The idea of starting, and keeping my proverbial bucket aka heart, filled by Christ impacted my thoughts. The significance of allowing the Holy … Continue reading Overflowing Buckets
Not sure if it was just my school, but in fifth grade the girls went in one classroom with the lady teacher, and the boys went the other way with the male teacher. I am not sure what the boys discussed. When we reconvened they seemed to have played games or something, while the young … Continue reading Fifth Grade Health Class (Girls Only)
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