I don’t know how he knows, but Willie knows what day it is and what we usually do on those days. I am not sure I purposefully created some of these schedules, but if they change, then he gets off. It’s crazy to think that within a couple of weeks you can train a puppy …
As we started a weeklong celebration of preachers coming together to learn and grow together, we read and sang songs that were surprisingly masculine. And what I mean by that is that the liturgy all referred to God in terms of “He.” While this is very much a part of many traditions, I have become …
I am overwhelmed by the number of famous preachers I’ve seen. It really is a surreal experience to be listening and seeing in person these preachers I’ve read. It is also surreal to be in a room full of pastors and ministers who preach on a consistent basis. It makes the struggling and fighting and …
I’ve honestly never thought about how significant this day can be for those who aren’t mothers until I had friends who started to share their journeys to try to be parents and how difficult they are and until I started reading and hearing stories like this one: Fast forward several years to Mother’s Day. A …
It’s amazing to me how people start acting differently around you when you say that you are a minister, but even more so if you say that you are a preacher and even more so if you say you are actually preaching in the near future. There’s a look that crosses their faces accompanied by …
Ok, we are done another toy and our average for toy destruction is one a day. Literally, toys that he hasn’t touched for three months are now destuffed and added to the list of the lost. Chew toys last all of 5 minutes with him even though they advertise that they will keep a puppy …
After a yearlong journey, my formal studies of the Hebrew language end on Monday. It’s crazy for me to think that a year ago, I identified the markings on the classroom board as field goals posts and golf flags. Now, I know them as letters joined together to make words that tell a story of …
Well, I can’t say that Willie liked today’s bath anymore than he liked his last one, but I can say that he acknowledged that his coat felt better a little bit sooner than last time. In fact, he is currently snuggled up to my computer playing with a new toy. He has hit the 6 …
I really can’t believe that Willie celebrated his 6 month old birthday yesterday! It seems crazy to think that we have been together for 4 and a half months now, but at the same time, I can’t imagine not having him in my life. He celebrated his birthday by moving up to adult food and …
For years I had kept hoping that intimacy with God would blossom as soon as I got everything done, got everyone settled, got my environment just right and my calendar cleared. I counted on it to come as a reward for how hard I had worked, or at least as the built in consequence of …
