The God Who Wastes Nothing

I woke up at 6AM to drag myself out into the kitchen. David wanted French toast. Sometimes he gets what he wants; other times, I doze off on the couch while he gets ready, before waving him out the door with a kiss and another "Bad Mother of the Year" badge.Today, I won another badge. …

Unleash 2010

I'm in Anderson, South Carolina, for NewSpring Church's Unleash Conference. It's an intense, one-day event crammed full of a NewSpring experience.I came last year and enjoyed it, although the breakout sessions were hard to appreciate due to cramped rooms and lack of space. But God spoke so loudly to me and others in our group …

More Stuff That Made Me Think

We've had some interesting discussions at PCC and at small group lately. How do we reconcile a God who offers love, grace and forgiveness to everyone with our human desire for fairness, revenge and justice?God is love.It's easy to say. Some of us learned it with flannel-graph images in musty Sunday School rooms. Others picked …