Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
They met performing together for Journey Theater Arts Group. They’ve become an extended family. And now these drama kids gather together to serve in their community. Monday night, the gang corralled and met at Northwest Children’s Outreach for an evening of service. The … [Read more...]
It was one of those days. “Those days” don’t come too frequently any more, praise God, but yesterday was one of them. I woke up not wanting to pull the covers off of my head, my heart pounding in the sheer anxiety of facing the day. I wish I could tell you there was some super … [Read more...]
Serving dinner for couch-surfing youth follows a formula. We need a lot of man-power prepping dinner and serving the initial wave of hungry kids. After about 45 minutes, the serving line slows down and we volunteers split up to dine and hang out with the youth. The workload … [Read more...]
My Drama Queen girls do not play sports. We tried. Really. Eldest, who hates competition, was on swim team for a few years. Every time she swam a heat with a friend, she would politely let her friend finish first. Good manners, you know. Youngest played soccer. However, … [Read more...]
When I first came up with the whole Nature of a Servant thing on Blogger, it was strictly to keep myself accountable to my 2012 New Year’s Resolution. In fact, at first I didn’t even want it public. Then I figured the more friends/family/strangers that knew, the more to whom I’d … [Read more...]