Serious About Faith. Light-Hearted About Life.
I was compelled to re-share an previously published post I about Easter… all about Rock’N’Roll. Especially that ONE rock that rolled to set us free…
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Fun Fact: The Rolling Stones recorded 437 songs.
That is a lot of blues-ish rock and roll music minutes.
Pretty cool, huh? Now you have something interesting to share tonight at the supper table. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
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It’s been more than two years, and I still don’t love running with a stroller.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am so grateful for the ability to run– or should I say “yog.” (That’s jog with a soft “J.”) But given the choice, I would rather let my daughter go to “school” and play with her friends instead of load her up and push her down the sidewalk.
Although it still isn’t my favorite thing, I am sort of getting used to it. Now I am less shocked about how heavy that stroller with a kid plus our junk and a tiny dog attached is when trying to push it up the hill with already-jelly legs. And “embracing” that running into the wind just adds a new level of conditioning.
One thing I am still not accustomed to is how a tiny bump in the road or sidewalk can eventually make a big difference.
I have been running on the same 2-mile-out-and-back path for months now. And some of the bumps are growing bigger.
So big that they are nearly potholes for my poor discount jogging stroller. [Read more…]
You might have noticed that in this current season, Wednesdays are my days to work toward some super-awesome God-sized dreams. So here is a blast from the past straight from the archives. Enjoy, dear friends… and thanks for the grace.
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“If only I hadn’t… I wish I didn’t… Why can’t I go back… It’s all my fault.”
Regrets. Mistakes. We all have ’em. We’ve all made ’em.
So what are we supposed to do?
We all live for something.
Hopefully, that “something” is God. But sometimes, we get a little bit distracted.
It is rarely intentional and happens over time. Then one day, hypothetically speaking, we are supposed to go for an 11-mile run and Jesus says WHOA.
Totally hypothetical, of course.
Without our knowledge, we have somehow let our compass drift and are a bit off target.
If you find yourself in this place, don’t despair– God will get us there. [Read more…]
Sometimes stories in the Bible make me grimace.
Not because I have a weak stomach but because this following Jesus business is dang serious.
There is a lot at stake and I am constantly asking God to do a “heart-check” to make sure my pulse still beats for Him… Because let’s be honest, it is crazy easy to get distracted in our world full of “bright and shiny” instant gratification teasers.
Which is what today’s parable is all about… Brace yourself. It’s about to get real all up in here as we dig into the Parable of the Tenants, found in Matthew 21:33-46 and Mark 12:1-12.
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
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Photo via Romel @Flickr
Over the years, I have had my share of broken hearts.
I remember the broken hearts of goals or experiences that I had worked so hard for not coming true.
I remember the broken hearts of losing those I loved through hard life circumstances.
I remember my first broken heart by a boy. [Read more…]
Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!
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Some days I feel almost ok about my state of heart when it comes to following Jesus.
Like on days where His patience shines through with my daughter or I manage not to snap at the hubs when the dishes fail to make the two-foot leap from the sink to the dishwasher. Or when I have an extra-awesome quiet time or get a lot of His work done during nap time.
Then there are other days that my sin-nature rears its very, very ugly head and shocks me into an almost speechless mode. (And for those of you who have met me, you know that me + speechless = pretty serious situation.)
This ugliness recently showed up at my breakfast table during my quiet time. [Read more…]
Fun Fact: The Rolling Stones recorded 437 songs.
That is a lot of blues-ish rock and roll music minutes.
Pretty cool, huh? Now you have something interesting to share tonight at the supper table. [Read more…]
Hate is such a strong word.
And I think it is an overused word, kind of like love.
Consider all of the different ways we use these two power-packed words.
I love those shoes. I hate this weather. I love the K-State Wildcats. I hate lima beans. I love Saturdays. I hate people who cut me off in traffic.
I could probably write an entire blog post (or book!) following that love-hate pattern, but you get the point. Love and hate are pretty common words, and pretty over used ones at that. [Read more…]
Hell hath no fury like a rancher going after a batch of musk thistle.
Are all of my non-country/ranchin’ peeps confused? My bad. Let me back up and give you a quick lesson on ranching and horticulture.
Musk thistle is a nasty noxious weed. You know how dandelions spread? Yeah, musk thistles do the same thing. Honestly, they are a kind of a pretty purplish color when they are blooming… but it just takes one weed to go to seed and before you know it, the entire pasture is taken over, choking out the good grass.
Then the cattle have nothing to graze on and what started out as a smallish-weed is now a really big problem. [Read more…]
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