Family… Our Valentine’s Day Visit 14 Feb 201414 Feb 2014 I was able to have a special early Valentine's Day visit with Anna today. Maggie and Rachel had made her Valentine's Day cards. It was very good. She was rested,…
Grace… Grace Space 13 Feb 201413 Feb 2014 Proverbs 18:13 says, What a shame, what folly, to give advice before listening to the facts! Listening to understand is hard enough isn't it? How easy it is to misunderstand…
Family… Cleaner Is Not Always Better 10 Feb 201410 Feb 2014 Early this morning Mandi said "It is heartbreaking to look into Anna's room and see it so empty. It is clean which is not normal." Truer words have not been…
Family… Rest 8 Feb 20148 Feb 2014 First off, Mandi and I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, notes, emails, messages, and calls. It has meant a lot to us and we have been held…
Family… I Don’t Pull the Strings 7 Feb 20147 Aug 2014 My daughter Anna (not quite 10) was diagnosed with severe clinical depression about a year ago. I remember one day back then when she really snapped. She was talking about…
Family… Cutting 6 Feb 201415 Feb 2014 As you know I usually put up new posts every day. Yesterday I was playing "Mr. Mom" as we got a foot of fresh snow and school was cancelled. That…
Forgiveness Forgiveness Is Given, not Demanded 4 Feb 20144 Feb 2014 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 4: Living a Life of Love 31 Jan 201431 Jan 2014 This week my posts have been focused on fleshing out what our love should look like to people who are lost, broken, or outcasts. They may be inside your church…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 3: Talking About Sin 30 Jan 201430 Jan 2014 In A Tale of Three Women, I submitted that Christians should live in such a way that Christ is seen as attractive to the broken, the lost, and the outcast.…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 2: Looking at the Scoreboard 29 Jan 201429 Jan 2014 Jesus says in Luke 6:40 (NLTse) Students are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher. Paul echoes this in 2…