Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for May, 2008

A little more mystery

Posted in Spiritual Life on May 23, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Meredith, (who’s singing the praises of “crazy cream”; go see!), wants to know how we ended up in an AMiA church.
Like most Biblical journeys, it involved a little faith, some times of waiting, times of following, times of discerning, and times of blessing.
(Warning: long answer begins here!) I grew up Lutheran and was baptized, [...]

Read Full Post »

Great deal in the Etsy shop

Posted in etsy shop, tagged on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Read about it here.

Read Full Post »

Crisis averted

Posted in Family Life, humility on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Phew! Now she wants to be an athlete. Hmmm…. wait…. (I must confess this is still slightly less troubling to me.)
Confused?

Read Full Post »

A little mystery

Posted in Frugality, mystery shopping on May 15, 2008 | 10 Comments »

When I was last fishing for blog fodder, Emily asked me to write more about mystery shopping. I most likely discovered mystery shopping as the “shop-ee” while laboring away at Blockbuster video when I was a young, wide-eyed, recently-graduated card-carrying English major. It was that job that introduced me to the cold, cruel world of [...]

Read Full Post »

Be a blessing

Posted in Frugality, Spiritual Life on May 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Today’s small thing:
Walgreens Maxi Pads 12 or 24 pack – $1.99
Free after rebate
Purchase and donate these to a local women’s shelter or group home. I know they are on the wish list at our local community ministry.
Not expensive if you’re not a bargain hound. And you can easily claim your rebate online now. I’m trying [...]

Read Full Post »

“God-posts” #8

Posted in Blogging, God-posts, Spiritual Life on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Here are a few of my favorite “God-posts” since I last wrote:
Something on my Mind at Living Proof Ministries Blog — I long to be better at this. Authentically.
Eight Days at YouTube — if you’ve followed the Connor Booth posts, you need to watch this. With a hanky. Bless them for giving God the glory.
A [...]

Read Full Post »

Today’s humility moment

Posted in Family Life, Spiritual Life, humility on May 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Today my daughter told me she wants to be a fashion model. When she was four, she wanted to be a teacher. When she was six she wanted to be a veterinarian. Now, she wants to be a fashion model. When I probed further, she let me know that she wants to be a fashion [...]

Read Full Post »

Most *cough* idiotic *cough* bumper sticker seen in quite some time

Posted in Spiritual Life on May 5, 2008 | 10 Comments »

If you still sin,
you’re not saved.
(discuss)
This bumper sticker referenced 1 John 3:8-9.
In my Lutheran upbringing, I was taught that we are ALL saints and we are ALL sinners. And somewhere in all of this muck is probably part of the tension between those two missionary flicks that’s been bothering me. (Now, did you see the [...]

Read Full Post »

Movie review : Black Robe

Posted in Spiritual Life, tagged on May 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Since I had such a suprisingly good movie-watching experience with End of the Spear, I decided ‘missionary movies’ (of course!) must be the way to go. I picked up another movie I’d heard about but never quite gotten around to seeing…Black Robe. Set in 1634, Black Robe tells the story of Jesuit priest, Father [...]

Read Full Post »