Of Light Sabers and Lip-Gloss

  Cleaning up around the house on Saturday night I came across all the various remnants of a relaxing “Stay-Home Day.” Crumbs in the carpet, sippy cups under the coffee table, and crayons in the sofa cushions were just a few of the offenders. The most telling find was a pile beside the bathroom door; it included a satin Cinderella gown, a tube of lip-gloss, and a blue light saber. I’m not sure which girl...

Smile at the Baby in the Mirror!

This is Macy’s favorite thing to do: smile at the baby in the mirror. After all, she’s so cute and always laughs at the same jokes! At her daycare, a huge mirror is screwed into the wall right at floor level. Macy loves to crawl over there and talk to her little friend. I think we could learn something from this. How many of us are comfortable with ourselves? Do you like you? It might be a good place to...

Barb Wise: A Rare Rock You Should Know

My husband and I created opening worship music for speakers Barb and Rick Wise last night at a church in our area. We had a great time (Dan got to play a beautiful baby grand with his drum tracks blaring through the monitor behind him – best of both worlds!), but the message from Barb and Rick was just incredible. You can check out their website for a sample of Barb’s delivery style; it was very...

Shereen – A Beautiful Cut

Tonight Shereen graduated from the Recovery Program at our church. Two years ago she was a Bible College student in my classes, but after some poor choices in her personal life, Shereen’s parents told her she needed make some changes. Since she had grown up in our church, the last thing Shereen wanted to do was join the women’s program here. But she did it anyway and tonight we got to witness the beauty that is...

In this New Year….

… let’s DANCE! Let’s celebrate each other a little more and not care about what we look like in a leotard. Let’s sing the words to the song and not worry about missing a step here and there. Let’s practice for the Big Finale when we’ll all hold hands and sing, “Unto YOU be all the...