Well, the time is upon us: reflection on another year gone by, resolutions for the year to come. It seems that every year is momentous, filled with joy and sorrow and significant change – 2008 has been no different. I can hardly remember the final days of 2007 – it seems like my life now [...]
Archive for December, 2008
2008: A Year in Review
Posted in Life, Reflections, tagged ALIVE Festival, ashland theological seminary, Chicago, engagement, Fremont, Grace Lutheran Church, grad school, Lent, Mayfield, Mentor Headlands Beach, Nashville, new years resolutions, Parma Lutheran Church, Redeemer Crisis Center, reflection, Scott, small groups, spoke folk, sr. high retreat, summer ministry, wedding, year in review, youth dinner auction, youth ministry on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I Celebrate the Day
Posted in Faith, Reflections, music, tagged Christmas, I Celebrate the Day, lyrics, miracle, Relient K, songs on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a few years since I was first introduced to this beauty performed by Relient K. I remember hearing the song for the first time… the lyrics completely awakened me to a new way of understanding the whole miracle of Christ’s birth.
This year I’ve been finding it difficult to get into the “Christmas spirit.” [...]
The Real Meaning of Christmas
Posted in Faith, Fun, tagged Charlie Brown, Christmas, Jesus, Linus, Peanuts, Video, you tube on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Only Love Remains
Posted in Reviews, music, tagged iTunes, JJ Heller, Missy Higgins, most played songs, music on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My sister has recently got me hooked on singer-songwriter JJ Heller. It’s been a long time since I’ve been so refreshed by such grace-filled lyrics and haunting melodies (perhaps since Missy Higgins?). Over the course of 4 or 5 days, the songs from her albums “Only Love Remains” (2006) and “The Pretty and the Plain” [...]
Wishing Time Away
Posted in Life, tagged Fremont, internet, Life, living, prayer, television, time on December 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not sure what brought this on tonight. Just some thoughts that have been bouncing around my head. I apologize for the stream-of-consciousness feel.
When I lived alone in Fremont, I complained about it a lot. I complained that I was bored, and lonely, and all those other things we say when we move to a town [...]
Remember the Sabbath
Posted in Faith, Fun, Reflections, tagged calendar, Christmas, church, exodus, facebook, firefox, google, reading, relaxation, rest, sabbath on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the [...]
50,000 Pairs in 50 Days
Posted in Faith, News, tagged 50000 shoes, ABC, basic need, CBS, charity, CNN, donate, Faith, FOX, Honduras, NBC, non-profit, Romania, shoes, Soles4Souls, Sudan, tax advantages, Thailand on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I realize I’m a little late in posting this, but with only 19 days remaining in the 50 days of the challenge, I’m really saddened by the huge gap remaining to reach the goal of 50,000 pairs of shoes. Soles4Souls is a Nashville based charity with one goal: to make shoes available to people in [...]
Merry Early Christmas
Posted in Life, tagged Bally Total Fitness, Christmas, gifts, health, weight loss, workout on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s official, I’m now a Bally’s girl – and Scott is a Bally’s guy. Tonight we went out to purchase our mutual Christmas gifts to one another by opening month-to-month memberships at Bally Total Fitness. This year for Christmas we’re making healthy choices, getting into a workout routine and making an effort to cut down [...]
Transparency
Posted in Faith, Life, Reflections, tagged authenticity, transparency on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had a rather brief but interesting discussion on the topic of transparency this past weekend in my Youth Ministry class down at ATS. Dr. Garrett made some interesting comments as he handed back our first set of reflection papers for the course:
First, he commended us and expressed his personal grattitude for the transparency with [...]
I Am Second: Jason Castro
Posted in Faith, Ministry Resources, tagged I am Second, Jason Castro, links, testemony, Video, you tube, youth ministry on December 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I Am Second has been making its way around the blogging community in the past few days. If you haven’t been there, check it out. It’s a really powerful collection of testimonies from some pretty influential people. They get real, talking about their struggles, burdens and faith. They deal with some pretty relevant issues in [...]
