Stories
Dressed for Success
Posted on June 19, 2006. Filed under: Stories | Tags: Art, Bible, Father, IRS, Paul, sin |
There’s a perfectly rational explanation why I’m walking down a busy Houston street on Father’s Day with green Mickey Mouse socks and a bright yellow acrylic purse with bananas on it. When I woke up Sunday morning, the wifely one was already up. Insomnia, you see. So at 8:00am she finally went to sleep. I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 7
Posted on June 16, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Africa, Art, Christ, England, Hospital, IRS, Kenya, Lord, Medicine, rain, sin, Tax, United States, work |
January 2, 2006 Today’s Swahili phrase: hakuna matada, which means “Disney marketing phrase.” No wait, it means “no worries.” I’ve received a lot of encouragement to continue this series – we’re about halfway through – but this next day was a very important day, full of eye-opening experiences, and frankly, just hard to get a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Responsible Parenting
Posted on March 28, 2006. Filed under: Family, Stories | Tags: Father, IRS, sin |
Tony at Sand in the Gears claim the title of “Father of the Year.” It is the voice of a librarian, a schoolteacher, a junior senator from New York, or some other such female-type killjoy. I am physiologically and ideologically predisposed to ignore such voices. I continue my instruction. “Sir!” “You’re whacking your baby’s head [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 6
Posted on March 22, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Africa, Bible, Christ, gift, Kenya, Lord, Prayer, sin, work |
January 1, 2006 Today’s Swahili phrase: Jambo, which means “Howdy” in Texan. We used this word more than any other, I think, and it was so easy to pronounce. I meant to write these faster and closer together, but the work load skyrocketed on me the last couple of weeks. Several of you have encouraged [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 5
Posted on March 2, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Art, Christ, Christian, God, houses, Kenya, Paul, sin |
December 31, 2005 Today’s Swahili phrase: Mungu aku bariki, meaning “God bless you.” Woke up this morning and fixed a group breakfast. Staying in a compound with very considerate Christians is a blessing – every helped with breakfast preparation and cleanup almost to the point where were were tripping over each other. We were almost [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Great Balls of Fire
Posted on March 2, 2006. Filed under: Stories |
Goodness, I joined my wife for lunch today and couldn’t help but notice the sky was a funny color. Usually it’s a very dark, almost black color, but at lunch it was a light blue color with fluffy white splotches. And there was this great big yellow glowing thing, just hovering there. Scary.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 4
Posted on February 20, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Africa, Art, cars, IRS, Kenya, Prayer, rain, sin, violence |
December 30, 2005 Goodness, can it be Friday already? We left Houston Tuesday afternoon and we’re still not at our final destination. It’s like Africa is on the other side of the world or something. We woke up in the Methodist Guest House in Nairobi, and in the light we could see how quaint this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 2 & 3
Posted on February 17, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Art, England, IRS, Kenya, London, Paul, sin |
December 28, 2005 We arrived in London at Heathrow Airport after the overnight, overseas flight, about as refreshed as, well, people that had been on an overnight, overseas flight. Simple little trip over to Gatwick; our flight to Nairobi doesn’t leave until tomorrow so we have an afternoon here. I learned something about London. It [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Kenya Mission, Day 1
Posted on February 16, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Art, Bible, Blog, Christ, Christian, Earth, Father, God, Jesus, Kenya, London, Lord, Prayer, sin, work |
December 27, 2005 I’ve been remiss in my blogging duties; oddly, I actually crossed “blog about Kenya” off my todo list accidentally, and it wasn’t until a friend email yesterday that I realized I had not written about this trip. Let me preface this whole adventure by saying that I thank God for the opportunity [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Oh Ninevah
Posted on January 27, 2006. Filed under: Faith, Stories | Tags: Blog |
A beautiful story should be highlighted, and Leslie at The Insomniac has written something beautiful today of children, Jonah and the Whale, and lost mittens. Go read the whole thing.
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