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Is Worship Worth It?
To some people, the word "worship" may be synonymous with "boredom". That's really unfortunate because true worship is anything but boring. A few months ago I had what you may call a personal "epiphany" with regard to worship.
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Are They the Bad Guys?
One of my daughters was recently sharing with me that they decided to have their boys (ages 3 and almost 5) watch their first "real human" movie rather than just the short animated films they have seen before. They thought "The Sound of Music" would be a good choice.
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Yes, It’s Personal
We had not actually spoken to one another in 35 to 40 years! What a lovely time it was, catching up a bit and reminiscing about our college days. It prompted me to dig out the old college yearbooks and I managed to while away a bit of time chuckling to myself about the clothing and hairstyle trends as vivid memories rushed through my brain.
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees
My husband and I spent the past week camping in northern Minnesota. We enjoyed the beauty of lakes and woods, wildlife and birdsong, warm sunny days and chilly rainy nights. When we were on one of our hikes, the details of the nature around really had my attention. So many kinds of trees. Some beautiful, majestic and tall. Others small, some struggling and some dead and decaying. Such a variety of plants, moss, wildflowers. As we moved along it was easy to almost forget about the grand forest in which we were engulfed. It was hard to see the forest for the trees.
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He’s Coming!
The attached photo is just a memory now. Once in a while during my full time teaching days, I would need to leave that classroom for a moment--perhaps to grab something from the printer in the next room or check in with a colleague. If the students were highly engaged in the task at hand, they often never knew I stepped out. But sometimes it only took a couple of observant kiddos to recognize my absence and the whole place would fall apart.
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Pretty Powerful!
A year or so ago we purchased a power washer. It's been life-changing. We've used power nozzles on our hoses and other "wanna be" options but now that we can connect to a more effective power source, we can really accomplish some things! I wonder how many of us as Christians are living our lives in our own feeble power and failing to connect to the source that is at our fingertips--or, rather, in our very souls.
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Five Smooth Stones
On this particular day I had no agenda in my head but wasn't really getting any earth-shattering thoughts when suddenly this old Sunday School song from my youth popped into my head. That's odd, or so I thought. The song is about the true story of David and Goliath from the Old Testament.
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Well, This is Embarrassing!
It was the first day of March, a bright and sunny but cold day, and I was headed out to a baby shower for my daughter that her church friends were hosting. I already had the address in my phone all set to go. As I pulled out of my driveway and steered onto my street, I looked down to select "go" on the phone's GPS and BOOM!
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Noooo! Not an Egg!
I dropped an egg on the kitchen tile floor this morning. It was as if it happened in slow motion and then I just stood there for a brief moment and stared at the mess and mourned this great loss. Eggs are valuable these days!
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Little Cabinet. Big contents.
One of my favorite things to do in my home decorating is to "shop" my own house. As I perused around the place, my eyes landed on an almost forgotten little end table that is in our sitting room. What in the world was in that little cabinet? I hadn't opened it in years! So I went to investigate. What I unearthed occupied the rest of my evening because this cabinet had apparently been moved here twenty-two years ago and basically forgotten.
