Living Outside the Lines
Mud Puddles and Streams I’m sitting in front of a beautiful creek that winds around the cabins where I’m vacationing. The sparkling creek bends left and right, gets narrower and wider, and flows over smooth spots and jagged rocks but no matter which way it turns, the water is clear, flowing, and filled with plants [...]
Living He loved me, dying He saved me And buried He carried my sins far away Rising He justified freely forever One day He’s coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day Glorious day Lyrics from Casting Crowns, Glorious Day Anyone can die for the good of another but being raised from the dead is [...]
What makes you feel out of control? How to you get past it? I positively, absolutely, indubitably do not like going to the dentist! I love the hygienist, receptionist and even the doctor but sitting in the chair with a drill in my mouth is torture. The dental chair is a necessary evil if we [...]
Themed meals add flavor to the club. Our Classical Literature Club enjoys sharing a meal when we get together for our book club. The practical reason we do this is to help us experience the world the author has created for us. Another reason is to get to know each other better. Sharing a [...]
I like strong flavors, my steak heavily seasoned and my poultry infused with herbs. What are your preferences? Do you like your coffee mild or strong? Do you like bright “look at me” colors or more subdued colors that blend in with the surroundings? Do you read romance, mysteries, or thrillers? Are you loud or [...]
“Do you roar like a tiger or eat like a bear? Do you snack on apples or eat left over stew? Then you’re alive.” Stress can make me feel like I’m dissolving into nothingness. When that happens, I reach out to God, remembering all he has done for me and that changes my out look. [...]
For years I only read non-fiction books laughingly dubbing myself as “Spock” in the world of books. Why? I wrote to you in another post about my insecurity of being a slow reader but my reading speed doesn’t change from fiction to non-fiction so that isn’t the reason I used to prefer non-fiction over fiction. [...]
I’m drawn to little things. I bought these cards before I was 12 because I thought they were unusual and neat that the whole deck of cards could fit inside a thimble. I liked playing with these dolls better than the standard size Barbie dolls my friends played with. I used to pretend two of the [...]
Enjoying THE story makes you strong. The youth in our church go on a retreat every summer. The church sponsors a fundraiser to pay for the vans and chaperones. John O. cooks a scrumptious spaghetti dinner. The youth work as waiters and waitress serving the meal and making sure everyone at the dinner feels special. [...]
A literature club for 7-17 year olds meets at my house once a month to discuss great books in history. Recently we enjoyed an awesome meeting together. The younger kids, 7-12 came to my house prepared to discuss and present their “Interview a Character” project on Escape from Warsaw. At 4:30, parents and kids descended [...]
