“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
This is a mini-rant on my girls’ latest favorite movie: Disney’s Cinderella. I grew up on the Grimm Brothers version, complete with the gory details about the stepsisters lopping off heels and toes to fit their feet into the glass slipper. And granted, Disney is not known for getting the story straight (anyone here read [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Dove
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(that’s a Public Service Announcement)
My PSA of the day: Parents, do not ignore snoring in your kids. Snoring is not normal for children and can be a symptom of a nighttime breathing problem. Lou has been waking frequently of late, crying, restless, impossible to soothe. I hate feeling helpless when my child obviously needs [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2007 by Dove
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Here’s the passage that’s given me the most trouble in guiding my behavior toward my mom.
“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Dove
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Sometimes I come across a passage in the Bible that just doesn’t make sense to me. I read, re-read, cross-reference, search my books, ask my husband, and particularly when it’s in the gospels, cry out, “How could Jesus have said that? What in the world does he mean?”
For as bright as I like to think [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Dove
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Still trying to define the purpose of my blogging, and I think I’ve hit upon the reason why two blogs are necessary for me.
Ranting.
I have a second blog, a family blog in which I can post pictures and use my children’s real names and go on and on and on and on and on about [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Dove
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I grew up on 26 acres in the country, about half an hour from town. When I went to college, I’d never been toilet-papered, egged, or prank called. We’ve been living in town five years now and repeatedly had our cars egged, keyed, and yogurted (yes, once someone threw an entire container of yogurt on [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Dove
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Why is it that we, as an American culture, are so unwilling to correct other people? A friend of mine, whose depth and discernment in matters of ministry and working with people humble me greatly, mentioned tonight in our small group that the root of our paralization towards this most serious of callings is, at [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Dad
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Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Dove
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You have to have seen this Monty Python sketch to understand the parallels I’m about to make between a dead parrot and the sanctity of marriage. My mom’s claim that God is okay with her divorce and planned remarriage is as ridiculous as Michael Palin claiming that the parrot is just sleeping.
Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Dove
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Pretty much without exception, divorce is a cruddy option as a means by which to end a relationship. It takes a relationship that was designed since the dawn of time to be a “till death do us part” engagement, and throws it out the window. Of course it is rarely that simple; we normally at [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2007 by Dad
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