Working hard on the DVD project again! What do you guys think of this  for one of the disk labels????  

Merry Christmas from the Dancing  Barthels! (HT: PalmTreePundit! Soph loves this. 🙂 Thanks, Anne!)  

Do you ever stare at that pile of extra Bibles in your basement and feel GUILTY because you know that “somewhere” “out there” Christians don’t have enough Bibles? That pastors in a village share one Bible, cherish a single page, etc. etc.? Well, I’ve felt guilty for years about this exact situation–but no more. After checking with Fred (after all, one of the reasons why we hadn’t given them away before now was because they had sentimental value to us … the Bible that I was given the night I was saved; a Bible from Fred’s college/Urbana days, etc.), I boxed them all up and shipped them to: Christian Resources…

No, this is not a post about making an idol out of food. (Although that does remind me that I haven’t posted about that topic for awhile, have it? Hmmmmmmmm … I’ll try to remember to do that. It’s been a fairly sweet season of not being at my WORST regarding this habitual temptation to sin but not being “perfectly” disciplined either. Kind of like life, eh?) ANYWAY … this post is an encouragement for you all to pop on over to Ravi Zacharias Ministries (“RZIM”) and read a recent Slice of Infinity: The Ultimate Diet (by J.M. Njoroge) Oh my! But the opening illustration is (appropriately) disturbing! But the…

Today’s iGoogle C.S. Lewis Quote: “Authority exercised with humility, and obedience  accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.”  

Just a few more fun pics from our most recent Chicago adventure … The Millennium Park “Chicago Bean” (fine art thinga-ma-jiggy) Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh … a facial & makeover at State Street Macy’s! Date night with Fred–BOX SEATS (courtesy my sistah Kali and “her Fred”) to Orchestra Hall to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra AND Chorus. “Box F for Fred” my Freddy said. 🙂   Star Show at the Adler Planetarium! Dinosaurs at the Field Museum! Fun fun fun … Ferris Wheel on Navy Pier! Is it any wonder why we love this city?  

If you tried to email me or if you put in an event inquiry form or a conciliation inquiry form in the last week, PLEASE resend it. I JUST found out that my EMAIL WAS DOWN!!! And there is no way to recover the lost messages. Ugh. Ugh. Double ugh. Oh–and if you gave me your email address in Missouri two weeks ago and did NOT receive an email from me, please let me know! I worked hard to send those all out right about the time my email (apparently) fritzed out.   Thanks and SO SORRY for the inconvenience! Yours, Tara B.