“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
“And so then I got a call from him saying we don’t have to worry about money no more and I said, ‘That’s good. One less thing.’” –Forrest Gump, upon learning he was wealthy
Sometimes money seems like such a stupid thing to pray for. Money doesn’t fix broken relationships (like mine with my mom) or [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Dove
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I had a startling realization last night. One of those things that you know academically, but suddenly glows with current pertinence.
Paul’s medium for ministry was writing, too.
He wrote letters to the churches and to fellow Christians. And he struggled with making himself understood, hence his going on and on about “And I don’t mean to [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Dove
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I just received a fwd about the Christian ire raised by Kathy Griffin’s remarks at the Emmy awards. Besides my intense irritation at receiving an email that says, “If you delete this, nothing bad will happen to you, but if you pass this on, you will truly have stood up for Jesus Christ,” I crafted [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Dove
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I actually finished my “Afghan of the Sandman” blanket mid-December but was too caught up in events to remember to post it. It was begun for nobody in particular, then when we found we were pregnant it was dedicated to the baby Peanut, then we miscarried and it was rededicated to Jay-Jay. At that point [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Dove
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…doesn’t really reach that many people. Especially at the end of a dead-end. On a dirt road. At the bottom of a hill.
Plenty of cows will see it, but they don’t vote.
So here’s my e-sign. No, that’s not really my yard. But yes, that’s really my vote!
Updated to add: They now have magnetic bumper stickers [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Dove
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Cylinders and Spheres on Stainless Steel, 2008
This is a toy they got for Christmas, they’re called Mag-Neatos. They are magnetic and the kids figured out pretty quickly that the pieces stick to the refrigerator as well as to each other. I think Doozer’s creation could be featured in the Museum of Modern Art, right alongside [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Dove
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Well, what else am I but an ogre when I say to my kids,
“I am going to punish the next child who asks me for food!”
(For the record, this was in response to their piteous repeated cries of PLEASE-feed-me-mother-I’m-shriveling-into-an-emaciated-pile-of-dust
-for-lack-of-nourishment-and-will-soon-be-featured-on-a-3am-charity-commercial
-for-starving-children! while I’m preparing their lunch and reassuring them that food is forthcoming.)
Posted on January 11th, 2008 by Dove
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One of the constraints of writing on the internet is that I can’t take for granted the things you would already know about me if we were friends already. My words can be misconstrued, and I’d never know it if you didn’t comment about it. So if anything in my posts sounds grossly wrong or [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Dove
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Texas winters are often kind of bleak. The temperatures (sometimes) drop, the trees are bare and dormant, and the grasses all turn brown. Rarely are these beautified by a concealing layer of snow, at least in these parts. If we get cold and condensation at once, it is sleet or ice and it creates muddy [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Dove
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One thing we’re sorry to leave behind at our house in town is the Carolina Wren. We used to enjoy watching them on our back porch, picking off insects and hopping around curiously. They also give a beautiful tea-kettle tea-kettle tea-kettle song. Hearing the distinct, loud song while indoors was rather like hearing the voice [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2008 by Dove
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