2007

my upcoming nephew/niece is fearfully and wonderfully made.  i love the child already.  and i hope the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, if you know what i mean, ’cause then the child will be incredible and amazing, with killer lungs for belching. can’t wait to meet you!

{ 0 comments }

i flipped open my bible this morning right to this highlighted passage.  what a zinger: sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up you fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord; that he may come and rain righteousness upon you hosea 10.12

{ 0 comments }

i impulsively bought a christmas tree last night. christy and dan had something to do with it. here’s a shot with us with it when it was bound and frozen. and one below in its half-decorated state. oh! the smell of pine-needles!

{ 0 comments }

 A Calgary man is one of 1,000 Canadians who have been scammed on eBay through a tactic known as hijacking, and the RCMP says the online auction service is not co-operating with their criminal investigations… [read the frightening details here]

{ 0 comments }

I am grateful that I started writing at a very early age, before I realized what a daring thing it is to do, to set down words on paper, to attempt to tell a story, create characters. We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to [...]

{ 0 comments }

it was cool to participate in the events last night at second cup in red deer. $10,000 was raised towards a home for boys forced into child prostitution in Thailand. it was cool to see people give money toward the cause and such generosity at a time of the year when many people are thinking [...]

{ 0 comments }

i like to walk behind the house where i live. there’s a great series of paths that form a figure eight around a pond. the last few days i’ve noticed a duck with a broken wing. i was a bit worried about it. each morning the surface of the pond was covered with more ice, [...]

{ 0 comments }