I spent the last day of summer vacation with my girls, my niece and nephew, and my sister in a popular East Coast amusement park (which shall go nameless at this point). The weather was gorgeous and everyone had a fabulous time. I even got my girls to ride their very first looping roller coaster … [Read more...]
Let the great clean out begin
August 22, 2011 by · 3 Comments
I don't know about anyone else, but all this talk of "back-to-school shopping" makes me a bit nauseous. My kids have more clothes in their possession than I have ever had in my entire life. Why must we keep this ritual of spend-spend-spend, even when most of us know we have more at home than we … [Read more...]
Come on ya’ll! Now what?
August 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Sometime in June, I saw a few friends posting on Facebook about a TV show they couldn't imagine ending (even though it had recently been cancelled after five seasons). Usually when I read comments like that, I'm not interested. I am one of those people who rarely gets caught up in the latest and … [Read more...]
Dude, what’s on TV?
March 22, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Well, we finally pulled the plug on our satellite TV last week (pun intended). Why? Well, it was becoming increasingly obvious that we were spending way too much money on TV (which doesn't exactly mesh with that missionary lifestyle I mentioned last week). More specifically, we had been DirecTV … [Read more...]
Living a Missionary Lifestyle
March 15, 2011 by · 4 Comments
Over the past few months, I've been uniquely challenged by what I have read both online and off. Whether it was from fiction, David Platt's Radical, my friends, pastors, or just through Scripture, I've been given a lot to think about. I must admit: it was pretty tough to click the Publish button … [Read more...]
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