DecemberDec 18 Tuesday 07
By the same watersWe stll lay down and we weepFor real connection.Rod sent me an email yesterday giving this prayer
DecemberDec 14 Friday 07
I can't believe that we're half way through the season of Advent-it's gone by quickly for me. There are a lot of themes going on, surprises (see post), as well as Jesus looking to make a home in...
DecemberDec 10 Monday 07
Hey family. I wanted to offer some news from yesterday and a prayer. You may have heard, but there were two shootings in Colorado yesterday, one at a megachurch and the other at a YWAM office/dorm. ...
DecemberDec 9 Sunday 07
Doing something that is helpful for others-leaving something is work but it can be fun to do it once or once in a while. To develop the discipline of leaving is real hard. Even something t...
Helena was once again the rock star of Artshop (the 3rd annual circleofhope arts & crafts fair). She made ornaments, pictures, and somehow the paper airplanes even sold. dag. Her...
DecemberDec 4 Tuesday 07
letting seasons passwith our masts that can swivelI will hoist the jib......
NovemberNov 19 Monday 07
Oh, to feel the warmthOf radient embers' flameThrough hard-won branches.Lots to say about the backpacking trip that I took over the past couple days. One snapshot stood out to me as I prayed this mo...
NovemberNov 15 Thursday 07
Wind blows the dry leavesAccenting the rich scarletFor its time has comeLast week I got to go spend 30hrs or so at my favorite local hermitage. I'm still learning how to retreat well, and how to keep ...
My high school 10yr reunion is on Thanksgiving weekend. I don't know why I hesitated about going. I haven't talked to or seen many people in 9yrs, but there were only 36 that year so why n...
NovemberNov 12 Monday 07
On November 12, 1912, the Diary of Capt Robert Falcon Scott was discovered in Antarctica. Among other things, he was a British explorer of the Polar regions, and even was in the Race to the South Pol...
NovemberNov 11 Sunday 07
I think I still have a Lovefeast Hangover, I can't get enough.Our friend Dave took a bunch of photos, I hope to post a bunch soon on the Circle of Hope Flickr page. For now they are slowly makin...
NovemberNov 8 Thursday 07
My time in the hermitage was grand. Coming home was even better. Win an Illadate by coming up with the most creative date (deets here). Don't tell Beej but someone already said tailg...
NovemberNov 5 Monday 07
Find encouragment Wherever it can be found, Hang on with both hands. This weekend was a non-stop party. And a lot of people were hanging with the kids. Fri night: BIC church growth dinner (we r...
NovemberNov 2 Friday 07
Just cuz you asked...more on flickrMarlee made these awesome flower costumes for Helena, Lily, and Olivia (they are a garden and Steve was the gardener). I gotta get pics from the rest of the ga...
OctoberOct 27 Saturday 07
I'd rather be wetAnd freezing in Your house thanDry and warm back there.Is it just me or does it seem like the rain brings out a lot of stuff that gets bottled up the rest of the time?
OctoberOct 25 Thursday 07
It was the clearest Sound that I had ever heard,Amidst noise...silence.Traffic.