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Church, Faith, Personal Posted onFebruary 13, 2013

Another 40 days…

Today is Ash Wednesday which marks the first day of the season on Lent. I don’t think I’ve ever actually seriously practiced Lent (I might […] Read More

Faith, Other Websites, Personal Posted onJanuary 26, 2013

Rachel Held Evans and “The Scandal of the Evangelical Heart”

I first heard about Rachel Held Evans through my husband.  He’d bought her book on his Kindle called A Year of Biblical Womanhood and told […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onJanuary 8, 2013January 8, 2013

Thoughts & Insights from my “40 Days of Fun”

My “40 days of fun” was a very good exercise for me.  The idea to do it was absolutely spontaneous and completely on a whim.  […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onJanuary 3, 2013

#1: Celebrating my Birthday!

In case you didn’t know, today is my 40th birthday. And I have had a great time with my “40 days of fun” leading up […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 2013

#2: Sunrises and Ice Skating

I wanted to get in watching a sunrise before my “40 days” were up so after having breakfast with my Wednesday morning breakfast friend we […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onJanuary 1, 2013

#3: Writing letters to my family

I came up with this idea while I was brainstorming “fun” things and I wanted to make sure I did this before my “40 days” […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onJanuary 1, 2013

#4.5: New Year’s Party

For the past three years my husband and I have brought in the New Year at friends of ours.  It’s always a good time and […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onDecember 31, 2012

#4: Reading a book all day long

I haven’t sat down and read a book all day long in quite some time (it gets more difficult when you have children). For most […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onDecember 30, 2012

#5: Watch a classic movie

I enjoy watching classic movies. My two favorite classics are “Ben-Hur” and “Gone with the Wind“. Today I watched “Ben-Hur” with a couple of my […] Read More

Misc, Personal Posted onDecember 29, 2012

#6: Sketching

I was going to list “Going to the Observatory” as my ‘fun’ thing for today, but it was a big disappointment. I’d never been to […] Read More

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