Permeated with Oneness

What stood out was that first sentence about husbands loving their own wives as their own bodies. I’ve always thought that the writer of Ephesians (Paul) wrote a strange sentence. What did that mean, love my wife as I love my own body? The help for understanding is found in the verse from our wedding about “oneness”.

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Our Futon is not that Cozy

…I have experienced the awkwardness of my scooter running out of juice in the middle of the aisle at Costco. And then the looks of pity from passers-by.

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Lessons from biopsies to broken bones

While we were dating, I ended up needing a biopsy. I was scared, but not having dated all that long I had no idea how Brent would react. I was amazed at his response.

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Book Review: Beautiful Outlaw, by John Eldredge

“Man finds it hard to get what he wants because he does not want the best. God finds it hard to give because he would give us the best, and man will not take it.” – George MacDonald

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“Imagine God’s breathing into the secret caves of our souls”

One of my favorite things is to pick up a book that spoke to me in the past and re-read sections again. Often whatever it was that made me highlight the phrases the first time, has a way of speaking to me in new ways that are relevant now. Does that ever happen to you?

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can i hear you now?

Most days I drop Brent off for work downtown. We’ve noticed how few people are talking with one another. Instead, most are moving briskly down the sidewalks and through skyways with their faces buried deep into their cell phones. We’re surprised more of them don’t bonk their heads into a lamppost!

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A Bad Habit to Break

I’ve picked up a bad habit I’d like to break. The problem is it seems there are plenty of people who have picked up the same habit and are only too willing to encourage its resuscitation.

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Denial in Disney

It was a rainy, dreary day by most standards, but the giggles seemed to pour out of them. The laughter appeared paradoxical in the midst of the gloom. I get the impression that the only way to live like this is to make room for it.

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Honoring Our Parents

The weekend was capped with a beautiful memorial service for my grandmother at the Arboretum in Brainerd, Minnesota. This truly was a weekend where God brought home the message of the 5th commandment, “Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God commands you that your life may be long and it may go well for you in the place he gives to you.”

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What’s Good About this Friday?

I know how it ends. There’s never a doubt that he will do what he came to do. Triumph is imminent. But when he crushes the head of the serpent, I cheer and tear up all at once.

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