Spring Cleaning
It happens to me every year. The weather starts to get really nice outside and, quite suddenly and without warning, everything inside the house seems sort of dusty, overstuffed...claustrophobic. This past weekend, I stepped one foot inside my closet and felt it might suck me in and bury me alive if I didn't clean it out right then. So, large box of garden trashbags in hand, I took my chances and parked myself in there. I could have easily been mistaken for a whirling dervish (I love that phrase - always wanted to use it in a sentence).I was the only one home that day, so I stood there in nothing but my unmentionables (called that here, because this is a family-friendly blog and those items...
Giveaway…Given Away!
I've really enjoyed reading everyone's "favorite things" and thinking through my own. I love it when we get intentional about making a list like this...doesn't it just make you want to give a shout out of praise?Here is a list, in no particular order, of some of my favorites:a day with just the right temperature, no humidity, bright sunshine and a light breezethe fragrance of orange blossoms, confederate jasmine and gardeniasquiet time with my wonderful God, especially surrounded by naturea hot cup of Tazo "Refresh" tea any and everything about a bookstore - the smell...the ambience...the, um, BOOKSthe feeling of anticipation when I begin a new bookeverything about travel - even schlepping...
Favorite Things Giveaway
I just noticed that this is my 205th post...I blew right past 200! Isn't that just the way life is? We get a few steps past something important before we even notice that we've missed it! Sounds like a good excuse to slow down and focus on some of the simpler things - my favorite things.Now you know one of my favorite things...The Sound of Music! I have loads more, of course, so I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway of some of them in honor of my 205th post! Are you game? Leave me a comment with three of your favorite things, and on Thursday, I'll use Random.org to pick a winner...the proud recipient of a surprise box filled my some of mine!Oh, and just so you know...YOU, my bloggy...
Changing One Heart for Many – Week 7
Just joining us? Please go here to catch up and join the movement!"A philosophical shift has taken place in the abortion rights movement. After confronting either a pro-life president or a pro-life majority in Congress for 26 of the last 28 years, abortion advocates have now secured sympathetic majorities in all three branches of government. And change in government has brought change to a movement that's moved beyond working to secure a woman's right to choose abortion. Its new goal is much more audacious - to coerce others into violating their consciences and participating in the murder of innocent human life. It's a shift from merely being "pro-choice" to being "pro-abortion." This...
Survey Answered
Women's Ministry: something near and dear to my heart. While I am no longer a director of a women's ministry (I served in that capacity when we lived in Iowa), I am involved in the ministry to women at my church as a lay-leader, heading up a small group and working on various committees as the needs arise. I love serving women; it's definitely the direction in which God has pointed my heart.I will admit to sizable frustration as I participated in the two discussions that prompted my survey. It's difficult to hear that churches of considerable influence in their communities (and beyond) are cutting back on programming that "feeds" half their "flock". As I read through the comments, I was...