We got to know a family pretty well, who came to France for three years while he was working in Paris. They had three kids, came from a sister church in a different country, and didn’t speak a word of French. Since we’re an anglophone family, we invited them for Christmas dinner right after they arrived, even though our house… Read More
Alright, I’m a Bible geek. I admit it. I had fully intended to focus my faith posts on moral codes and stuff like that, which are relatable on a universal level; instead I find myself being drawn towards sharing the less obvious stuff – the symbolism and significance that I find in the Scriptures. I will, at some point, talk… Read More
I think if I didn’t have something a little more logical to go on than just blind faith (although that does indeed play its part in trusting God), I wouldn’t have been able to stay faithful for the past 18 years. I need to know more. I need to see behind the scenes. I need to know why. One of… Read More
Judgment gets such a bad rap, yet as soon as we learn to think for ourselves, we learn to judge. It’s one of the building blocks of reason, and it’s not always a bad thing to do. As a child, we judge: Can I trust this person? Is this dog friendly or will he bite? Is this green stuff my… Read More
I’m going to be making some major design and content changes on my blog in the next couple of weeks, which I’ll explain further as the new design is closer to being launched. One of the changes I’d like to make is to write a weekly post that has to do with faith, and which will be posted on the… Read More
Thursday night I had a stupendous fall. Our room is already cramped, but that day (in the usual run of things), it was also messy. Bedtime was approaching, and I was just trying to clear my way through the piles of clean clothes on the bed and on the floor, and separate the items that needed to be ironed. Our bed… Read More
