In the midst of chaos
Inspired by Mary Allison. Sharing the stage with Santa, simple awe…
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Picky Eater
Zora’s response to my contention that she is turning into a picky eater. “I’ll eat cereal and french fries and mac n cheese and honey and fruit snacks and apples with peanut butter with the skins off and not poached eggs and peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches without jelly, and that’s about it. I’ll eat [...]
Big News
We made a big decision this fall, and now that it’s public to my congregation, I’ll post it here. Short version: I’m leaving my current call in about nine months. We’ll be relocating so that we are much closer to Erik’s job in city sometime over the summer. Erik and I decided that there had [...]
Youth Group Movie Discussion: Elf
Please feel free to use this, other youth people. (I’d appreciate if you let me know in the comments…that you did use it, and, even better, if it worked.) I know the next few weeks can get a little out of hand!!! We are planning to use this with our youth group in small groups [...]
Theological Predisposition
In seminary, I remember a guest speaker saying that every preacher had a certain aspect of the Gospel to which they were predisposed, and each preacher’s preaching will tend toward similar themes throughout their preaching career. This, he said, was perfectly fine: think of a sheet, he said. and it will stay up as long [...]
The TSA and your children
I think this is a fascinating post on kids and the whole TSA controversy (scanners, pat-downs, etc.): http://www.deliciousbaby.com/journal/2010/nov/18/tsa-pat-downs-how-talk-your-kids/ I point out the post for two reasons: 1. If you have to prep a little kid for a pat down, this woman is right on the mark about how to do it. Pitch perfect. 2. The [...]
Liberal Arts Living
Yesterday afternoon I found out that one of my college professors died at age 55. It sent me for more of a tailspin than I would have anticipated. I don’t know that I could point to one professor as “my favorite” or “my mentor.” I sometimes wonder if I’m an oddly prickly, independent person who [...]
Blog posts yet to come
The blog posts I want to write in the next few weeks: 1. Birthing and the Mommy-wars. Birth is one heated topic in the mama-sphere. I’m grateful for friends and family who span the spectrum of birthing practices are basically rational and supportive of each other anyway. But navigating this has been–interesting-difficult-bizarre–for someone whose first [...]
Zora on G-Day
I’ve designated Friday “G-Day” since we have the ultrasound and are hoping for an immodest baby who will let the tech determine gender. We’re finding out. For a variety of reasons, but one being I figure it’ll be easier to prep Zora at age 4 if we can tell her the gender a few months [...]
Can you go home?
My presbytery met in Freeport, Il this week, which meant a long (and beautiful) drive through rural Illinois. On my way back, I did a little Christian Reformed sight seeing. How could I not turn off of the county highway onto “Holland Church Rd” to follow the signs to the Christian Reformed Church? It made [...]