We went tent camping as a family, for three nights. I’d not intended to make a campfire since there didn’t seem to be a compelling reason and we aim for simplicity when camping. We hadn’t had a campfire last year, and the year before that it had been a total bust with zero success getting ...
My daily life is filled with modern conveniences, like dishwashers, hot running water, and electric lights. And I’m grateful for them! However, these things can also tend to make one soft and not resilient. As a programmer my job requires basically no physical exercise. I’ve tried to combat these weakening tendencies by working slight difficulties ...
We recently watched “It’s a Wonderful Life”. It’s been a bunch of years and the movie felt far more poignant now that I’m at a different stage of life and getting older. The main character George Bailey starts off with big dreams that the responsibilities of life repeatedly shoot down. The moral of the movie ...
This Sunday morning in our church worship service, our pastor continued his series on Galatians, moving into chapter 5 verses 22-23. This talks about the fruit of the Spirit, starting with love. In expanding what this selfless “agape” love is like, the pastor asked us to consider how we love those who we don’t naturally ...
