What: Writing a letter. Why: Getting the mail is something that I always look forward to – there is something about getting a letter in the mail that makes me pick up my pace on my walk back to the house. I know we are talking about how to live with less and you are…
Another one of the seminars we sat in on at the youth ministry conference (also by Chap Clark), was on boundaries. Do you ever struggle with boundaries? I do! List your priorities. If you have to make two lists, make two. Make one list with what you WANT your priorities to be and the other…
What: Books Why: There is just something inspiring about looking at a huge library full of books. I think back to the movie “The Beauty and the Beast” when Belle is swinging on the ladder that reaches to all ends of that massive library. I thought it would always be thrilling to walk into a library…
Why do you do what you do? When we were at the youth ministry conference, one of the seminars we sat in on talked about what a “calling” is. Chap Clark who led the seminar, said that often times we see Matthew 28 as the Great Commission (rightfully so because that is what it is…
What: Vases Why: A fresh bouquet of flowers can always brighten someone’s day. Flowers offer that fresh, caring, and beautiful reminder that someone is thinking of you. Unless of course you buy them for yourself from the store, which that is okay too. So you bring the flowers home, but do you ever sit there…
We were able to spend this past weekend with my parents, as they visited us from Michigan! From a previous past you may recall that we ended up riding out with them from Michigan to Minnesota because of vehicle trouble. That is still in the works, but as we see that situation unfold, we see…
