I didn’t really write my last post intending to write a whole series. But this morning, I was reading about the shepherds in Luke 2, and I noticed something. The Christmas story is full of … fear. Luke 1:12 – An angel appeared in the temple to Zechariah: “When Zechariah saw him, he was...
Category: Engage: Life
Engage Life: Sunny
It’s funny how dogs become part of the family, isn’t it? Sunny is our 2.5 year old mutt. She looks like a pure-bred golden retriever, but she’s not even close. We got a second pup from the same litter, Shiloh, and she looks like a Rottweiler. But they’re both just good old-fashioned mutts. Anyway,...
Engage Life: How It Is Some Days
Yesterday, we decorated the house for Christmas. I washed the big things that had been on the counter for days. I cleaned the microwave and stovetop for the first time in a while. I knitted for 15-20 minutes. I read some books with my kids. I made dinner. We worked on all the kids’...
Engage Life: Create Good Today
This morning, I read this point near the end of Dallas Willard’s book Knowing Christ Today: “Life is primarily devoted to work. All legitimate work is devoted to the creation of value, of what is good to a lesser or greater degree. That was God’s plan. He not only creates; he creates creators–you and...