Archives for December 2009

The gift that keeps on giving: something dead

So youth was tonight but things were quite a bit different. We have flood and freeze warnings going on depending on your elevation so church was more or less canceled. I figured some people would be there regardless so I went and we had like 30 students show up. I took them up to the sanctuary where about 4 adults showed up. We had service up there and things generally went well. More than well at some points as we had a great altar time with about 10 students and 2 others acknowledging they needed Jesus to forgive them. I would say got saved but I know the one has prayed the "sinner's … [Read more...]

One complaint at a time

I remember the movie "What about Bob?" If you haven't seen that movie or don't remember it then you might want to watch this clip. What About Bob Clip @ Yahoo! Video Bob is completely neurotic but is learning to change with "baby steps." Of course he doesn't get it and this leads to some seriously stupid funny. The thing is, grumbling and complaining doesn't usually start big. I'm betting that they didn't go from "Yeah, God is giving us food from Heaven" to "Manna again!?!?!? I'd rather eat me shoes than eat mana one more time" overnight. No it started small. Someone woke up and said … [Read more...]

Blog Carnival – Grief

Honestly I don't know that I would choose to write on grief. I try to have fun and keep things light unless I need to vent, but I struggle with depression and feelings of self-doubt. That is one of the reasons I avoid writing on subjects like grief. I did write a post about my deepest grief once. It is also my greatest testimony that I call being taken from the black hole. This year had brought quite a bit of grief to myself and dear friends and family. My grandmother died on my mother's birthday this year. I don't know if I would survive that. I was asked to speak at the funeral and … [Read more...]

Archives for December 2009

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