We are in the process of adopting a 15-year-old girl from the foster care system. We have not gotten to meet the young lady whose face we have fallen in love with, but there is so much that I want her to know. Here’s a start. Hi sweet girl. I haven’t even gotten to meet …
February 28, 2012
How to fight discouragement
Why is it so easy to start feeling discouraged? I asked this question on Facebook recently and got some interesting answers. But after some prayer and searching God’s Word, I think it comes down to three things: 1. What you hear We are all surrounded by discouraging, negative people. Ya gotta love ‘em. but you …
October 30, 2011
Sometimes, ya gotta just order the lobster
Yes, I’ve been off the blog for awhile. More on that later, but in the meantime, I’m back, full of lots of thoughts of various quality and degrees of helpfulness. Today, I’d like to share how my kids are helping to nudge me out of a comfort zone. (Kids are good for that if you …
August 09, 2011
How to prepare for the worst while hoping for the best
It’s been a rough week for America. Monday saw the sixth largest single-day drop in the stock market EVER. Unemployment is still up. Wars still range on and 30 of our nation’s finest were killed in Afghanistan. Our debt rating has been downgraded for the first time in American history and our elected officials seem …
July 28, 2011
Why we’re doing this coupon thing…
Here are the notes for tonight’s Squirrel Savers group, the couponing/stewardship/save-money-any-way-you-can group I’m hosting at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. I didn’t go over this line by line, but I do hope that everyone who is interested in this topic will do some research on what the Bible says about what we’re doing. Because everything we do should have a purpose, and that purpose should line up with what God is doing in us, through us and around us. If we’re just doing this to be cheap, what’s the point?
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