Entries Tagged as ‘Faith’

November 11, 2009

Recommendation: Music to Get You in the Mood

In the mood for Christmas (what were you thinking?). Yes, I’ve already started the Christmas music. I can’t help it. I was in the holiday mood before Halloween this year. It must be Alaska.
I love love love the Todd Agnew album, “Do You See What I See?”

I bought this a few years ago and have [...]

July 18, 2009

One of these things is not like the other

I am staring at a blank text box… having no idea what to write about. I could continue to bore you about how busy my life is– but so is yours! My life is no different. I’ve been given the same gift of 24 hours in a day. I get so frustrated when people feel [...]

April 7, 2008

Sin Sucks

My heart is just  …  broken ….  today. I can’t explain it any other way.
This world just flat out sucks sometimes. Sin-sickness is evident in every conversation I’ve had lately. It’s ingrained in all the thoughts I have; in the things I do. It hangs out in the background until it is confronted and then [...]

March 30, 2008

Is this really what Jesus died for?!

I said to a few friends today after church, “Did Jesus really die on a cross for this?!”
It seems to me that worship– and church life– has become this thing that I am struggling with. I feel as though I don’t get to worship. I try, man do I try, but I get so bogged [...]

March 23, 2008

Christ is Risen, I am Exhausted

Christ is risen, indeed!
I am so tired! I am not that kind of sleepy tired where you can just curl up and drift off to happy sleep. No. I am exhausted. Wiped out. DRAINED. This has been a tough Holy Week for me. I feel like I paced myself and had moments to stop and [...]

January 16, 2008

Trust

I’m certain that nothing will test a person’s faith more than realizing they are having a baby.
Since we didn’t exactly have an elaborate plan for this pregnancy we have a lot of questions about the future. I always imagined I’d be able to stay home with our babies.  It’s looking like we’re not really ready [...]