October 23, 2020April 10, 2023Celebrating Together, learning how to not be afraid, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, Sukkot Thoughts from the Sukkah Scenes from our Sukkah It’s the time of year when those with an eye to keeping ancient feast days are finding […] Read more
March 26, 2016April 10, 2023learning how to not be afraid, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. * For a very large part of my youth I thought the point of being a Christian was to keep bad things […] Read more
July 21, 2014April 10, 2023so do something about it, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, The Charis Project We Are Small Sometimes I want to quit. Pack it in. Go home. Sometimes I feel like all our work, all my efforts, are just […] Read more
April 30, 2014April 10, 2023sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, thailand, we like adventures The Blessing of Water After rainy season comes dry season. Gradually the rain peters out, and suddenly you realize that it’s been a few weeks since […] Read more
April 22, 2013April 10, 2023sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, this life together thing 100 Millions Bits of Kindness Sometimes the kids and I get into these conversations about why we’re here and what our job is while we are. (I’m […] Read more
July 25, 2012April 10, 2023hope, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations This is what we do with broken things He couldn’t know that the glass he broke was something thrifted, or from the dollar store, I don’t remember which. And as […] Read more
February 4, 2012April 10, 2023sometimes I think in sermon illustrations On not feeding boogeymen So this guy named John Piper caused some brouhaha in certain circles I travel on the internet. You see, he was quoted […] Read more
January 9, 2012April 10, 2023so do something about it, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations For When the Going Gets Tough One of the things I inherited somehow from my Christian upbringing was this idea that if God is behind something, it should […] Read more
October 27, 2011April 10, 2023life with short people, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files Adornment All morning, whenever I sit still for her, Little is making me a princess. She inserts hair pins at random, and brushes […] Read more
October 12, 2011April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, learning how to not be afraid, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life The Horrible Weight of Freedom photo by aparejador– Used under CC licence Sometimes when I’m hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour, all 4 children […] Read more