— 1 — It’s been a somewhat eventful week here in Happy-land. It began with attempting to get up out of a chair Sunday morning, and failing miserably. It continued with an ongoing battle between my pride and common sense. I finally swallowed my pride and went to a chiropractor on Wednesday – and am…
i’ve been thinking a lot about friendship over the past few weeks, with the Bold Boundaries conference just around the corner. i’m really looking forward to spending a weekend hearing the thoughts and stories of several people who have been thinking thru and praying thru the dynamics of cross-gender friendships. much of what i’ve been…
At the beginning of January, I joined the OneWord365 Community and chose “compassion” as my one word for the year. I knew it was going to cost me something. What I didn’t really register is that one of the things it will cost is my pride. The first thing I’ve learned about compassion is how…
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19, NIV84) Every now and again, you experience a day that is so incredibly perfect, you just can’t talk about it right away. It’s the kind of day you just have to treasure until you get enough distance that talking about…
sometimes the words you say have so much more of an impact than you could possibly know. a couple of days ago, i sent an email to a friend, questioning my own sanity as i looked at a task that seemed insurmountable. he replied the next day, and one of the things he said was, “know…
