Perspective

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
The things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
Which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as we would [...]

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Raindrops are falling on my head…or is that drywall?

Last Saturday morning we were awoken at 3:30 am to a suspicious rumbling crash.  Here’s what we found…
We redid our roof a couple weeks ago…and turns out there was hiddne little spot where the ridges meet that didn’t even have plywood…or flashing…yeah.  Like a water spout, pouring water onto our ceiling.
Well, much thanks to Andy’s [...]

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Share the Well

I was just enjoying a song and thought I would pass it along.
A couple years back, Caedmon’s call put out an album called, Share the Well.  As I understand it, the album was heavily influenced by mission work they had done, primarily in India and Ecuador (a place close to my heart).
If you’ve never heard [...]

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Food for the Soul

I recently asked on Facebook for some good worship music recommendations.  (I have an iTunes giftcard burning a hole in my pocket!)  I was given many good recommendations:
Hillsongs (Various folks)
Red Mountain Music (Molly Rego, AL)
Glory Revealed I & II (Christine Engert, NH)
Sovereign Grace: Psalms (Kristin Middleton, Washington, D.C.)
Kari Jobe (Eliza Olsen, GA)
Christy Nockels – formerly [...]

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All things new

Welcome home to me (actually last week).  So good to be home, except for having to keep up with housecleaning again.
I got a new haircut – thanks to Laura Braun at Euphoria Salon.  She’s good!

Pam, a coworker friend from the Mission, was kind enough to surprise me with an immersion blender she found at a [...]

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