Monday, January 20, 2014

You know you're a pastor's kid when.... You or your siblings are frequently an illustration point in the sermon. You are frequently "asked" to read scripture, sing, play piano, harmonica, or the recorder for every special service, as well as most offertories. Basically everyone in the church knows you by name. Your family is the 1st to arrive at church and the last to leave after what seemed like 40 hours of "goodbyes." After you move away and begin being a pastor's kid at some other church, you go back to the other church and feel slightly...

Thursday, January 16, 2014

BOOK: Wiser than Serpents by Susan May Warren. PLACE IN THE HOUSE: The blue striped couch in our living room, in front of the fireplace and our beautiful  french doors to our back yard. PLACE TO CREATE: In a coffee shop. WAY TO HEAL: journaling, walking and praying. FORM OF RELAXATION: Drinking tea while being completely absorbed in a good book. PLACE IN THE WORLD: In the woods, on the lake in Northern Minnesota. FOOD: Chocolate TOOL: a drill...