Are you a leg clutcher?
One of my sisters was a leg clutcher. As a little girl, she was so shy around strangers she would clutch onto, and hide behind, our mother’s […]
18
Aug
2012
Blog Tag
Fellowship
13
Aug
2012
The things siblings do …
One of my seven older sisters is only 10 months older than me. Because we were so close in age, we were close as kids. That’s not […]
01
Jul
2012
Trinkets or aloha?
The photo above is one of the entrances to the International Market Place, which was located about two blocks away from where I used to live in […]
22
Jun
2012
Real life in Starbucks …
Most of the chairs and tables in the local Starbucks were empty. I was in the middle of some complicated study when the three women came in […]
08
Jun
2012
Let’s try that again …
We love a second chance! When we’re behind, we love a second chance to rally back. When we’ve made a mistake, we love a second chance to […]
17
Sep
2011
REPOST: Called to do something greater than “build community”
In January of this year, I posted an article that generated some excellent discussion. It was on the topic of referring to, and seeing the church as, […]
27
May
2011
Death by wall …
What’s one of the most effective ways of killing the passion of a young minister? Be a wall of opposition. That’s what happened to the last young […]
10
Jun
2010
What are you hatching up?
Watching a baby chicken slowly, laboriously break its way free from the egg engulfing it is an amazing thing to watch. With a hunger for life, the […]
09
Dec
2009
A side of fellowship please …
Have you ever tried to get ketchup at a fast food restaurant? Fast food is rarely a part of my diet, but when I do drop in […]
31
May
2009
A HUGE mistake churches make …
While visiting a church I was very familiar with, I noticed a young couple I wasn’t familiar with at all. Before the church service began, they were […]