God made us to work. Sometimes we forget that. It is in our nature. We feel better when we know that we’ve done something constructive, and a sense of accomplishment is one a powerful tool to change our disposition. Laurie and I see this on a micro scale when we use work as a parenting [...]
Ethan just celebrated his 9th birthday. We were able to do so in Springfield, Co. We carried on the tradition I have of taking the kids to breakfast, even though we were on The Road. He was pinging off the walls quite early, before all the other kids, and was even up early enough to [...]
There are certain places that always feel right; places that seem to fit you, places that define or helped define you. These places are so natural a context that you hardly realize that the reason you are so comfortable is that you are experiencing the sense or essence of that place. Wessler Farms is one [...]
we need Lewis…
One of the preparations we made before taking the road trip was audio books. I had been praying that we’d be able to get a good Bible program for the ipod without having to spend the money to buy one (a new consideration that comes naturally when you don’t have a paycheck…). [...]
I’ve long used the phrase “It was a Psalms kinda day” to describe those days when your heart wanted to be right, but everything just seemed to pull you down. The term comes from reading the first half of many Psalms, the parts where the Psalmist is getting hammered by life and those around him [...]
