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Our Wedding Day: Kevin, Rachael, Cadence, Elaine, Jeffrey, me, Phil, Rich, Ayden, Ryan, Jordynne, Rebecca, Jeff A Full Three Years! Three years ago today Rich and I exchanged marriage vows. Life has brought us quite a collection of milestones in the past 36 months: October, 2007 A dear family friend dies We’re evacuated from […]
Rich, Mike, and me He Speaks Through Strangers Last weekend Rich and I joined our dear friend Mike for brunch after we attended our U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary meeting together. In previous weeks, we had been to orientation sessions for a new ministry of our church and we had questions–chewing on those questions along with our omelets seemed […]
The Santiago Fire, October, 2007 A Great Big Faith Yesterday I read again the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who during the Jews’ time of exile to Babylon were thrown into the fiery furnace by an outraged King Nebuchadnezzar for refusing to worship a giant gold idol he had erected. It’s an amazing tale […]
Is Grace in My Wake? Last night someone I admire as a spiritual mentor made a “joke” based on an ugly racial stereotype. It would have been an “open mic” moment, wherein the celebrity/politician/media whipping boy of the week is publicly captured making a comment meant to be kept private, except: 1. We’re not famous, so no microphones follow us around. […]
Character and Commitment Every relationship has its troubles, and ours is no exception. Before we became engaged, Rich and I went through a short season of great upheaval and turmoil. During that time, we said “goodbye, forever” to each other at least four times. These partings never arose from anger; rather, they were born of […]
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