… and by “people” I mean the four folks I’ve talked to about my last entry. 🙂 I’m all done with cyber-dating. As my friend Emily said just today, “If being matched with your former boss isn’t a sign, I don’t know what would be!” In fact, I think I’ll just quote Emily’s e-mail to me this morning for the rest of this post, because she’s really smart: God is bigger than Christian Mingle… despite…
There are lots of stories in the Bible that pretty much blow me away. I was listening to a teaching a few weeks ago, and the pastor cited a story about the prophet Elisha. Apparently, according to 2 Kings 2, when a bunch of local boys were making fun of Elisha for being bald, Elisha called down a curse on them and two bears came out of the woods. And ATE. THEM. Seriously. That ain’t…
(The memory card is no more. And I’d rather buy yarn and purses than a new one right now, so it’s just me and my little words today. Hope you enjoy it anyway!) I know I said no more spiritual insights – but I can’t help myself. 🙂 I started today at the British Library, in the collection known as their “Treasures” room. This room, about the size of three living rooms tacked together, contains…
What an awesome day, you guys. The awesome came at definitely unexpected times and places, but was pretty awesome nonetheless. I *did* achieve my goal of climbing all the way to the top of the dome at St. Paul’s Cathedral – I tackled the climb first thing when I got there around 11. This was no small feat, y’all – 530 stair steps in total, climbing 255 feet above the cathedral floor. And I only…
Lots of folks probably know Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” We quote it often at each other, we Jesus folk, as a reassurance that God knows what’s going on, and that whatever is troubling us in life really is part of His good plan. And that’s true –…