... or, "Things I Love about My New House"The sound of quiet waters from the nearby creek Two-story farmhouse style (good memories!)Super-nice little old ladies for neighborsA lilac bushThe cozy new paint colorsThe afternoon sunlight in my bedroomIn-town-but-not-on-a-hillside... You would have to see the town to fully appreciate this one.In-town-but-not-surrounded-by-too-many-people. After living on a mountain, towns can be quite a shock. My street...
Make jokes about my "free pen," being famous and my identity (any aliases?) during house closing. Crawl in a crawl-space underneath my house looking for the water shutoff valve. In between avoiding thoughts of spiders and snakes, I was thinking "Where's a husband when you need him?"Direct the army of volunteers in cleaning, painting and otherwise transforming my house. Yes, I bought them...
I bought a house. Bless the Lord who gave it to me!!!I am *almost* speechless. But there is a story behind this, so I gotta tell it. The story began five years ago. In 2003, I was renting a studio apartment, going to Bible school part-time, working as a receptionist full-time, involved in college ministry, worship and anything else I could be.Someone's random...
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming to bring you... HOUSE STUFF! Just in case you didn't know, I am buying a house today. So I gotta blog about that. But no worries, The Modesty Series will return in a few days!Yesterday, alot of things happened. Awesome house-buying things. So when the reality of this monumental life-change began to set in, a particular Scripture verse...
The issue of modesty isn't just about how much clothes we wear, but why we should wear clothes at all! (This is quite shocking, isn't it? I believe in getting to the heart of the matter). So we're gonna start this series at the beginning... of time, of people and of the Bible.To bring you up to speed, I'll tell the story quickly....
Modesty. This poor word has been maligned and twisted and mocked in popular culture. It's probably right up there with "abstinence" as the most hated words of our time. And that's why I'm gonna talk about it! Well, actually I'm gonna talk about it because modesty is a command of the Lord. And I'm serious about obeying the Lord in everything--even the tough...
Standing in constant rain to watch a high school football game. Sipping hot chai while chatting about the dangerous obsessions of pop culture. Throwing two touchdown passes in a flag football game on a "field" lighted only by nearby parking lot lights. Uncontrollable laughter while playing Xbox as my racecar burst into flames. Being startled by a deer on the mountain during my...
"Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes, but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them."Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery ...
This has been running through my head for days. It's the last lines of a song I wrote on Saturday. I guess there are worse things to have stuck in my head. :)By Your graceThrough Your bloodYou will make me overcome... ...
Friday evening I was an almost-photographer. Then my subject backed out at the last minute because of scheduling conflicts. I called another subject, but they were busy, too. So I was stuck at the coolest photo background place yet (Boalsburg Military Museum) with myself running back and forth between tripod and place of photo, and taking photos of myself. Annoying, and not really...
Blogging has become quite the modern phenomenon. Never before in history have the intimate thoughts of regular people been so accessible to the general public. Since I'm a blogger and a Christian really concerned about obeying the Lord, I thought I'd share my thoughts on blogging Biblically.1. Keep Your Priorities Straight. In my life, almost everything comes before blogging. My personal time with...
Everybody is different. Everyone has different personal tendencies. One of mine is that I see things in black-and-white. It's hard for me to be cold about anything. I'm always white-hot and passionate about something. Sometimes this is a good trait. And sometimes it just leads me wrong. The negative part is that I often fall into obsession. My passion and delight will soon...
Summer has officially come to an end. Orion has reappeared on the southeast horizon. And school started, too. But that doesn't make any difference to me.I heard a coyote howling last night. Scared me half to death, because it sounded so close-like right underneath my window!My "new" chair rocks. Literally. Cause it's a rocking chair. *falls over laughing *.... Oh geez. It's so...
