River of Thoughts

I got my first job the day after my 16th birthday.  I did a pretty good job of saving up some money from it, which i used to buy a really awesome double-cassette deck the day after I quit that job. I babysat.  I occasionally did a chore.  Very occasionally. But mostly, I just mooched off my parents. When I got to college, something strange happened.  I would go to a place like Subway or Hardees or even the grocery store.  I would ask for food, or put food in my cart, or put other things in my cart.  And […]

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  my ear cries out my brain is a scrambled egg i hate being sick Sick I am. dreaming of french kitchens and flying people.  Watching every episode of Castle stored on the TiVo. “We have met the enemy and he is us” What I’ve learned:  How much is too much.  I am my worst enemy. The last few weeks I’ve packed too much in, and my body finally cried “Uncle!”  I need to find a better balance.  Scale back a little bit. And as hard as it is to do, one thing I need to pull back just a little: blogging. […]

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Perhaps it’s a function of getting older, but I’ve been pretty introspective lately.  Searching my heart.  A lot.  At this rate, I’ll be examining the meaning of my spleen by the time I’m 55. But in the past few months, I have been taking a look at my life and at how I’m focusing my time and talent and treasure and at how I’ve gotten here and where I need to be heading.  And each time I look at how the puzzle pieces of my life have fit together, I see the beauty of how a God who is so […]

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Don’t forget to visit Benjer McVeigh’s Discipleship Family Ministry today to learn about: The principles of supporting adoptive families Helping families who are just getting started Supporting families who are waiting…and waiting…and waiting. Finding creative ways to engage in financial support for adopting families Smoothing the road for families traveling for their adoption, across the state or around the world Helping families adjust to their new additions Staying engaged and supporting them after the adoption Creating a culture of contagious adoption in your church or community I confess, it’s a little longer than my normal posts.  But that’s why it’s being published […]

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When we set out to adopt, we didn’t really know anyone else in our church who had adopted, or who was adopting, or who wanted to adopt. We thought we were the only ones. We were wrong. Our church has become more intentional since then about supporting adoptive families.  We’ve recently kicked off a community initiative to connect churches in our area to work together to support the many different aspects of the adoptive, foster, and orphan care efforts in our community. But we still see families feeling alone. We still hear church leaders asking “What can we do?” The answer […]

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