Tonight we went for a walk and stopped and visited the cows across the road. The kids had some great conversations with them:
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This method is definitely a 400-level course – and I LOVE it.
I’m VERY tempted to try this when Winter strikes in a few months – I wonder if I’ll have the same success?!
I’ve heard of this method before – creating a magnifying glass from ice – but I’ve never actually seen it in practice until stumbling on this video!
I woke up this morning with that feeling – the one about the task-list in front of me and the knowledge that there are already not enough hours today for me to accomplish what I need to to feel good about the upcoming weekend…
I had plans to hide-out at the local coffeehouse (my usual Thursday tradition) and get some sermon-writing knocked out. That changed first thing this morning when I participated in some manual-labor at the church to get our telephone-pole cross installed next to our pavilion. I was too hot and messy to feel like heading to the coffeehouse, so I settled into my office to try and “get work done”.
Just before lunch time, Jess video-called me and I was met with the tear-filled face of my lovely daughter, Ella, who instantly exclaimed, “I miss you, Daddy!” followed my another onslaught of tears. I attempted funny faces, funny voices, and “I miss you too,” but she wasn’t buying it… It took me all of 30-seconds to realize my daughter needed me (and I needed her) so I offered to take her out to lunch for some Daddy/Daughter time.
As I grabbed my wallet and keys I looked back at my desk and was almost overwhelmed, again, at the “pile” before me, but knew that the 5-year-old pile waiting for me at home was MUCH more important to me!
When I picked her up she was ecstatic to spend time with just me. She did agree to “share me” with a quick hospital visit and then we sat down for a Wendy’s Kids Meal and talked. And chewed. And talked.
We didn’t solve the world’s problems. We didn’t sort out the “why did you miss Daddy so much today?” issues completely, but I sure had a blast enjoying a sandwich across from my favorite 5-year old in this entire world.
I’m back in my office now. I’m experiencing sermon-writer’s-block and I can see the hours counting down before my next need-to-be-there appointment, and yet I have a heart-full of satisfaction that I chose correctly this afternoon!
A minute and a half of our lunch:
Since the 80’s, the art-form known as “Spoken Word” has continued to gain in popularity. Some think of it as an offshoot of rap or hip-hop, and others as simply another form of poetry. Whatever the definition, I enjoy it.
I stumbled upon this video featuring a unique Gospel presentation by the artist, “Propaganda” that I think is worth sharing:
The Long Beach Free Store is doing something very unique and worth talking about – they’re giving everything away! They are suggesting bringing something unwanted in and exchanging it for something wanted, but it is not required – anyone off the street can come in and take up to two items in exchange for their name and email address.
Would this idea work in your (my?) context?
What obstacles besides, location, staff, items would need to be considered?
