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When we were in Washington D.C. for the GBCS seminar last month, we met with a staffer in Senator Robert Casey’s office who, on a particular issue, said it was good to receive our input because they “hear so much noise,” much of it negative. This idea has stuck with me. The noise describes all … Read more
We put together a slideshow for the reception time following Sarah’s baptism a week and a half ago. You can watch it here …
As any parent knows, learning to share is a challenging process. We’ve been pretty laid-back about it because it’s something that will develop over time. However, bringing Sarah into our family has brought it to the forefront a bit more! Sharing is one of those things that’s difficult for all children to learn. In fact, … Read more
Last Saturday, Sarah was baptized. Saturday evening baptisms are unusual, but we scheduled a time other than Sunday morning so that both of us, as well as people from both of our congregations, could attend (Ethan’s Baptism took place on a Sunday afternoon). Sarah did well. Ethan was wired, thanks in part to skipping his … Read more
Today, I caught bits and pieces of the free online leadership event from Leadership Network called, Sage. The event involved a number of brief videos from seasoned leaders, each dealing with the question of what they’d do differently if given a do-over. I tweeted some of my favorite quotes. Since I only caught bits and … Read more
Yesterday, the first day after the 2010 HealthFlex HealthMiles Challenge (a program of Virgin HealthMiles through our health insurance program), I experienced an “adrenaline hangover” (I’ve written before about a pastor’s hangover, which is probably a form of an adrenaline hangover). I was able to hit the daily limit of 30,000 steps/day for each day … Read more
While Sarah’s language development is just getting started, Ethan’s is taking off. A week ago, I wrote about Ethan’s language development, but since then, I have remembered and/or caught several new ones. Yesterday, Ethan, who will be three in less than a month, sensed the excitement in the air regarding Sarah’s baptism last night (which … Read more
Sarah is at the point where we’re expecting hear the transition from babbling sounds to words. Recent experiences have reminded us of something we learned when we welcomed Sarah into our lives in Korea. In Korea, we were told that Sarah’s foster family played peek-a-boo in Korean and they told us the Korean version of … Read more
I am currently doing a sermon series on “Life in the Wilderness.” The wilderness represents those times when life doesn’t go according to plan, when something happens that we aren’t expecting. Everyone goes through the wilderness; no one is exempt. And the wilderness changes us — no one comes out on the other side unchanged … Read more
Ethan and (especially) Sarah are usually beyond the point of being ready for naps after church on Sunday mornings, but we did manage to take a photo yesterday just before lunch.