Survive AND Advance

Survive AND Advance

Bella had a complete meltdown the other day after school.  She had gotten into it with a friend after doing the old “oops, what’s on your shirt” nose flick trick on her.  Apparently people, and specifically Bella’s friend, aren’t fans of...
A List Because There’s Too Much

A List Because There’s Too Much

1,  I tried to write a post 4x regarding how burdened I am that people are grossly lumping each other into groups (white/black, civilian/police, republican/democrat, believer/atheist, dog lover/cat lover) etc. rather than realizing that each person in each of these...
Those are Needs Too.

Those are Needs Too.

Emotional needs, They are the black sheep of the need family.  Well then, who are the more prominent and respected members of the “need” family?  There are physical needs.  You know; food, water, shelter, exercise, etc.  There are very few non super...
Thank You

Thank You

I have thought recently of the number of folks who I simply have not properly said, “Thank You”…to (my apologies for the dangling preposition).  It is my focus moving forward to send more individual thank you’s to folks but I will now (in...
A Monday List

A Monday List

It’s been a long serious while.  Not that this list won’t have serious entries within, it will.  It’s just time for an overall list. 1.  I drove behind a car (on a salted and plowed neighborhood street) going less than 5mph. 2.  That same car had a...
We Know Who We Are…

We Know Who We Are…

**Imbedded within this post is an important update as to how we are…read on.** Somebody asked Rachel recently, “So, what’s it like to be a Pastor’s wife?”  What a blessing that question turned out to be!  How was that a blessing? ...