Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
This is not the post I planned to write today. Yesterday morning, eyes heavy, my fingers fumbled on my nightstand searching for the iDevice that would bring me my morning news. I tapped the CNN square, then immediately shot up and reached for the light. The city of my … [Read more...]
Buying ethically is not a new concept for me. I want to support fair-trade industry, truly I do. Then I see that tank top for $6 at the big box store and I cave. It’s a clothes buying roller coaster, I tell ya’. The recent factory collapse in Bangladesh slapped most … [Read more...]
I should have known things wouldn’t go according my plan when the beef was still frozen and we couldn’t find a can opener for the multi-pack of black beans. I look forward to serving dinner at HomePlate. Coordinating one meal a month, I pretty much have a handle … [Read more...]
The congregants of our church didn’t meet at our normal spot on Sunday. Instead of singing, they replaced house siding. Instead of sermonizing, the pastor cleaned moss off a roof and donned an alien mask to look for rats in a crawlspace. Instead of … [Read more...]
I say I'm happy. True, I suffer from depression/anxiety, but it's just a little psychological/physiological brain wiring I'm working on repairing. I do love my life. So when my friend, Kaili, found 22 Things Happy People Do Differently and shared it on Facebook, I … [Read more...]