Aliens have kidnapped my picky eater…

…and replaced him with a child who loves mushrooms. I told him I would order the four-topping pizza that has mushrooms on it and he could pick them off. Instead, he insisted that he would only eat the pizza if the sole topping was mushrooms, since he loves them.
Perhaps I’ve hit my head and will [...]

Worship and Kung Fu Panda

I ran across this really awesome blog the other day and then I realized…it was mine! (Just kidding. Well, not really.) I haven’t had time to think long enough lately to come up with anything brilliant to post here, but I hope to be back soon. For now, here’s a funny story from Sunday:
The kids [...]

40 Questions

I stole this from Facebook and filled it out simply because I was tired of doing what I’ve been doing ALL DAY LONG (financial stuff). If you have a blog, consider yourself tagged.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?  (Edited) Apparently, no one.  My middle name, Anne, was my grandmother’s middle name except hers had no [...]

Never Let the Gospel Get Smaller

John Piper posted this brief article on the Desiring God blog yesterday that I found to be very needful and timely.
The gospel is the main thing, and yet Satan can very easily draw my focus away from the gospel and turn it toward things like my idol of self, my “pet” issues, my relationships, my [...]

Bible Comics

Evan loves comics. His favorites are Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes. While we were driving to and from piano lessons this morning, he created a whole cast of characters for his own Bible comics. Maybe I can get him to draw them. Here are the heroes and villains and their powers, as explained to me:
The [...]

Funny Conversations: Revenge

We had reached the restaurant where we were going to have dinner and were sitting in the truck waiting for someone to back out of the parking spot we were ready to park in. At the last second, another car came from the other direction and took the space.
Tim: (jokingly) We’ll just have to give [...]

Pleading for the Work of the Holy Spirit

The latest Sunday morning sermon series at church is entitled ACTS: The Unstoppable Advance of the Gospel to All Peoples. This study has already had a significant impact on my life simply by making me see the importance of the Holy Spirit’s work and my need for it.
One recent sermon in the series was The Vital [...]