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Patrick Henry Hughes
Don’t watch this unless you want to cry—especially if you are a marching band geek and/or prone to fall in love with marching band geeks. (HT: Challies)
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Time to Visit
Tim Challies posted this Robert Frost poem a few days ago: “When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit.” Mmmmmmmmm … Don’t you just love the way poets capture real life at such a deep, resonant level? I have to say, adding…
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Happily Snowed In
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this much snow drop in one day. (Not 1978, record-breaking-win me the Chicago Tribune SNOW SQUAD award for delivering papers in a BLIZZARD-levels of snow. But lots of snow nonetheless.) I even had to ask our friend if she would (pretty please) pick us up and drop us off for co-op because a) our Honda would never even make it out of driveway; and b) it’s hard enough to gimp along on a crutch on snow and ice—it’s impossible to do so while carrying a baby in a car seat. I called her our very own personal Yellowstone Snow Coach. 🙂 How grateful I…
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Most Common Church Conflicts
So, hypothetically, if you were working on a project related to churches and conflict, what topics would you FOR SURE need to cover/include? Specifically … what conflicts do you see coming up over and over and OVER again in churches, let’s say, you’ve HEARD about. You know. Down the street a bit. Not YOUR church, of course, but a church that someone you KNOW goes to. (Feel free to email me directly if you prefer to keep things just between the two of us. 😉 ) Thanks for your help, friends! Yours, Tara B.
