• Sin & Repentance

    Warning! Narnia Movie Discussed

    (If you haven’t yet seen the Narnia movie and don’t want to know about any details in advance, please skip this blog! 🙂 ) So last night my friend and I left the kids with the dads and went to see The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. What a wonderful, wonderful movie! Initially, I wasn’t that excited to see it. I mean, of course I wanted to see it — but I had a tiny bit of “it’s going to be another Lord of the Rings epic, science-fiction, I’m the only one in this theater bored out of my skull” fear too. PLUS, the 7:00 show was sold out,…

  • Relationships & Peacemaking

    So what do you do when …

    Let’s pretend that it’s the week before Christmas and you are gingerly stepping out of your comfort zone to try to be hospitable and relational by having people over to your home. You do your best. You strive to bless. But it’s a little shaky — you try to be relaxed and happy, but you really have no confidence that you CAN love well. The morning of the “weekend of three parties,” you are falsely and unjustly accused. And you know that the accusation has been broadcasted to others. And no matter how sorry the person may be, your reputation has taken a hit. THEN you open up your email…