Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Soundrack on Feb 11th, 2009 No Comments »
A truly remarkable performance by Jennifer Hudson at The Grammy’s – both in talent and bravery – in her second public appearance since the shooting death of her mother, brother, and nephew. I applaud her song choice for The Grammy’s. It seemed a very intentional one that told her story of grief and healing, punctuated [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Seen, Heard, Said, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Trusting God With Your Dreams – Conversion Diary Oh, let me count the ways in which I love this post: 1. It’s about dreaming big, yet relinquishing control. 2. It’s about seizing the opportunities in front of you, yet relinquishing control. 3. It’s about finding joy in the unexpected and (say it with me) relinquishing [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Jan 31st, 2009 1 Comment »
Meditations on an Insulin Pump – Practical Theology for Women “the greatness of the treasure isn’t marred by the fragility of the vessel” The C-word – Finslippy “why do we feel that in order for our opinion to be right, we have to make sure that everyone who feels differently is wrong? ” In Defense [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
CPSIA, or How to Lose Your Small Business and the Shirt Off Your Back – Mommy Needs a Cocktail I hate to belabor the lead testing point any further – particularly since I first mentioned it right down there, below this post, the one I wrote seven whole days ago – but the whole thing [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Jan 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Lead testing law could put thrift stores and small businesses out of commission – LA Times.com At first I was just irritated by the paranoia, but then I started to realize the larger consequences to the new law. Consequences like thrift stores discontinuing sales of children’s clothing, consignment shops going out of business due to [...]
Posted in Living In Community, Seen, Heard, Said on Jan 2nd, 2009 4 Comments »
This week’s Link Love is inspired by a story I heard on KUOW recently while driving. It was the story linked below, called School Closure Jockeying. For some reason, Seattle is closing down schools. I admit I don’t know exactly why (we live in the Renton district), but I think it has to do with [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Dec 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
I meant to post this last week when we were all buried in snow. I was most definitely not enjoying myself the way this dog is, but it made me smile anyway. Thanks to Lee LeFever for the twitter link!
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Dec 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
Partners In Crime: Sibling SuperPowers Unite! – PBS Supersisters blog A great story of how two kids worked to pool together their resources to make a large purchase. What I particularly love about the story is the way each kid used his or her strengths to make it work so no kid was left behind. [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Nov 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Storyville Coffee – marketing with humor I love this tongue-in-cheek marketing video from a local coffee roaster, lambasting “Big Coffee,” “Big Sugar,” and “Big Cream.” Click on “The Truth” in the sidebar to watch the video. Chesapeake Bay Retrievers retrieving After Scout died I wandered around on YouTube looking at videos of Chessies, and found [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Nov 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Renton Film Frenzy Big things are happening down here in the South End – Renton Haz Creative Skillz! Last month we saw a bunch of film crews running around our neighborhood for the first annual Renton Film Frenzy, in which film makers have two days to write, make, and produce a four minute film. It’s [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Nov 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Grace Based Parenting – Practical Theology for Women Wendy Alsup reviews this book by Tim Kimmel. Here is an excerpt of her thoughts: In the first chapters of the book, I had to put the book down and repent, because Kimmel nailed me with his assessment of how many Christians parent—primarily out of fear. I [...]
Posted in Living In Community, Seen, Heard, Said on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Let Christians Vote As Though They Were Not Voting This article came to my attention at just the right time. I was one of those pesky undecided voters. To make it worse, I’m a horrible decision maker. Regardless of how big or small the choice I have to make (chocolate or peanut butter? this school [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Oct 31st, 2008 No Comments »
White Girl Guilt Pasta Queen tells a story about a strange encounter in an unfamiliar neighborhood, and wonders if it means she is racist. I related to her inner struggle, which I’ve expressed here, and here, plus in another essay yet to be published. Here is an excerpt: “I was standing on an unfamiliar porch, [...]
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said on Oct 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
On Being Good Enough – The Word Cellar “I’m really not that good, am I? Isn’t that the question we all ask? Isn’t that the little voice whispering in our ears all the time? Nudging us right before we fall asleep, when we try something new, when we share our heart’s passion with others?” Compromising [...]
Posted in Everyday, Seen, Heard, Said on Oct 15th, 2008 4 Comments »
I really don’t like what politics and religion bring out in people. We are mean to each other – perhaps, at times, without even realizing it. Please, have an opinion. Please feel free to express that opinion articulately and with conviction. Please engage in strong debate with someone of an opposing opinion. But please, please, [...]
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