Things couldn’t get any worse, right? (chuckle) On Saturday, I woke up with a urinary tract infection, but I was pretty zen about it. Usually, the post-traumatic stress of having had a severe infection twenty years ago, all alone in a foreign country and not knowing what to do, sends me straight for the anti-anxiety medicine. But this time Matthieu was… Read More
I went on a church retreat in Normandy this weekend and it was good. It dredged up … feelings. In response to these feelings, a friend of mine recommended a book called Jesus + Nothing = Everything. Have any of you read it? The crux of the matter is that God doesn’t love you more when you do more for him…. Read More
Three years ago I had a surprise pregnancy. And almost exactly at the same time, Anna Donaldson lost her twelve-year old son in a flash flood in the DC area. I gained a son, and she lost one. For the fifteen weeks until I miscarried, I followed her blog. And I cried along with her and all the other people who were… Read More
Once upon a time, there were two couples that were friends – Lin & Barry and Mark & Diane. They were such good friends, they said that they would take care of each other’s children should anything happen to either couple. Mark and Diane left for South Africa eight years after the AIDS epidemic was understood and diagnosed because Mark was a doctor, and he… Read More
When I first started to read the Bible I was absolutely amazed at how easy it was to understand it. I didn’t need anyone to explain it to me. Sure, there were some passages for which I needed some clarification; and I definitely needed help in putting the Scriptures into practice (that’s one of the roles of the church). But… Read More
I took my daughter to see Sleeping Beauty at the Opéra Bastille on Saturday night. I had reserved the tickets weeks ago, knowing that it’s a good thing to take your daughter to see the ballet and spend quality time together. It’s a good thing to take advantage of all that Paris has to offer. Plus I have this (very… Read More
