Fearfully Made

So, this past evening, I get a call from my sister-in -law asking if I would come check out a noise in the crawl space of her house.  My wife just got home with the older kids, so I tell her I am going exploring at her old house.  I suspected some sort of animal, so I...

Messy

How do you deal with things you hate doing?  Most people don’t like doing dishes, and as a result may let them pile up until they use all the spoons and then decide something has to be done.  The same may be said of laundry, garbage, doing taxes, etc, and other things...

Present

What’s the best present you have ever received?  Was it an unexpected gift someone surprised you with that you continue to cherish today?  Was it some teaching or advice that you continue to use and live by years later?  Maybe even more than any material thing, the...

Münstermaifeld

Over a decade ago, I remember driving through a small German village thinking, ‘I wonder what it is like to live here.’  Maybe it was the unique name, or the visual impression of the green grass and timbered houses, but somehow it stayed in my memory.  I’m not sure...

Not into Temptation

I have struggled lately when reminding a 3 year old about the things he should and should not do, and then watching him do exactly what I just warned him about 10 seconds earlier.  He gets it for a short while afterward, when he discovers the consequence of his...