this semester at the advent house, we’re journeying through our stories and the stories of Jesus. we’re looking at our own and revealing several things about ourselves like our family histories, our interests, and our walk with Jesus (no matter how long or short, shallow or deep…). and then we’re spending time with particular stories…
Author: wordhabit
family.
it’s not often you get to watch a funeral at 4am on your laptop and it’s not often that you want to. and when it’s over, you’re not sure if you should say you’re glad you got to or that you’re grateful. you certainly shouldn’t say you loved every minute, not out loud anyway. well,…
memory lane (letter to a student)
my first teaching job taught me that i like to teach. my first teaching job taught me that i care deeply. my first teaching job yielded the following letter to a student. (what a difference a decade makes…i’d say all of this so much differently now.)
knitpicks and other unnecessary connections
i need to let go. my inboxes are evidence of that…as is, perhaps, the reality that i have more than one inbox…3, in fact. i don’t knit often. maybe once a year. and when i do, i don’t use a pattern and i use yarn that i already have on hand (of which there’s plenty)….
A Million Miles: Day 1
even though i’m reading through the book a second time, so much of it feels new. thanks Donald Miller for a writing style that jives with my head. five of us met today. before we got to the book, we spent a little time sharing stories of our own, moments in our times that we…
A Million Miles
this is like the after party, the space in which we write through later epiphanies or stuff we just didn’t bother to bring up during our earlier discussion time. if your two cents are on another blog, send the link to your post and i’ll throw it up here. if you’d like to simply email…
Our Father Who Art Intentional [Sermon Link]
it’s a different and perhaps “new to you” exploration of Genesis 1:1. be blessed and feel (very) free to send me a critique… listen here.