We spent Monday and Tuesday in Omaha, NE on a family getaway. It was a very fulfilling time!
I enjoyed taking a break from work (email, phone calls, study, etc.) and instead focusing on being together.
Suzanne enjoyed having me fully present.
The girls enjoyed 24/7 attention from their loving parents.
We went to CoCo Key, an indoor water resort. We stayed in the Holiday Inn attached. We swam, floated, tubed, soaked, climbed, tagged, shot, gamed, and lounged... and came back exhausted. For those of you from Hesston, you'll remember how much our girls grew to love water. We've missed it a bit here. We went to the water park and the hotel pool both days, and logged nearly 9 hours of water time. I think we were literally water logged:)
How often do we get to Lincoln? Not often, so we stopped at Home Depot, the Mall, and Walmart on the way back. I spent about an hour of driving time feeling like it was too much energy to even talk. The girls didn't seem to have any problem with energy. However, they slept beautifully last night.
After arriving home on Tuesday evening, the drizzle continued and became slick roads and some snow coverage Wednesday morning. They are calling for 6-12 inches by Friday and some blizzard like conditions.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A little bit of snow
We got a bunch of snow since Sunday afternoon. We've enjoyed playing in it, building tunnels, shoveling it, sledding on it, and snow boarding. Today the temperature is about 5, with wind chill below zero, so we are staying in so far. I went out this morning and took a couple pictures of the drifts from last nights wind.
The girls have been off school Tuesday and Wednesday. And they are getting at each other a bit. I think it's time for them to go back to school:)
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Comfort Zone - Take a risk
Step out. Try something different. Take a risk.
When God invites us to be a part of the work that God is doing, it usually involves a step of faith and taking a risk. But here is a thought that recently struck me with more force than I will be able to communicate. Is it really a risk to follow the movement of a God who is good? Is it more of a risk to lean on our limited understanding? As good as we intend to be, we will never match the pure goodness of our God.
Comfort Zone - Try something different
Step out. Try something different. Take a risk.
With advent season our order of service has changed. I need intentional change at times to help me think more intentionally about God and I. This break in routine helps offset us to consider different ways that God may be working. Use this holiday time of year to seek God in fresh ways.
Comfort Zone - Step out
Step out. Try something different. Take a risk.
On Sunday, I did something that was a challenge for me. I am a reader. I love to read and learn. Sermon preparation often involves reading and thinking. The transition from study to delivery can sometimes be short. The delivery can sound like reading. This week I didn't write a manuscript of the sermon. Instead, I wrote an outline. Then I delivered the message 90% away from the pulpit. It felt more intimate. I hope that the message was closer to home for people, and that they took it with them to perform.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Board
Two examples of what may appear on my board in my office. Which one do you think was more painful to erase?
(Click on pictures to enlarge)
From the mouth of babes...
Fountain of Youth
We had the youth of our church over Sunday night to get to know them better, have some input, and enjoy food and fellowship. (We missed a few of you) It was a really good time, at least we think so. I think I found the fountain of youth, and it was flowing through our basement. Spend some time with some younger people today. After an hour or so, you will feel young again:)
Pray that God will bless our youth, and their parents today.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
November 15
It is amazing that we are half way through November. We just moved here a couple weeks ago, at the end of July:) Well here are some pictures of what we have been up to in October. You will probably notice a theme.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Good Hesston Weekend
We spent the weekend in Hesston, KS. We attended the Hesston College Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series weekend. It was a good conference. The topic was Learning the Bible in Lifegiving ways. For those of you who have heard of Bib. Lit. at Hesston. It was Bib. Lit. in a weekend. Marion, Michele, and Ted did a great job of presenting the Inductive Bible Study Method, the whole Bible story from Genesis to Jesus, and Hermeneutics (How we approach/interpret the Bible) in a very short period of time. There was much to learn, and understand.
We also enjoyed seeing friends from Hesston Church and Hesston College and the Hesston Community; a place that we recently called home. The time went too fast, but was well worth the drive down. We look forward to seeing what next years topic is.
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