Oswald Chambers, 1874-1917
Referencing the mystery of the Bible and 2 Peter 1.21, ("Holy men spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit"), Oswald Chambers said: "The mystery of the Bible is that its inspiration was direct from God, not verbally inspired, but the inspired Word of God - the Final Word of God; not that [...]
Alyssa finally arrived, after a long, long labor, at 1:58 this morning. See their blogs (http://bryanyounger.wordpress.com/ or http://pearlyounger.wordpress.com/) for more details and pictures!
Pearl and Bryan-you are gonna be awesome grandparents!
She is beautiful. Congrats to her parents, Ben and Audrey, too!
"I really don't think they'll be that big of a deal," Tredessa said at about 10:30 pm one busy Friday night about the fact that she wanted to put a couple of "edible bouquets" together for the next day. You've been seeing them on TV and in all the magazines as THE new thing to [...]
I have held back, I have resisted the strong urge, I have said to myself, “No! Wait until May 10 - wait until after the final frost date,” but I have the gardening itch! I made my first seed and supply purchase last week, even though I will grow most things from seedlings, I cannot [...]
Life was a little too hectic to get a cake complete for Audrey's Baby-Shower-Brunch, but Stormie and I did some really extremely simple, yet truly delectable sugar cookies (made with real butter) on sticks (slightly varied from pastry chef Michelle Bommarito's recipe) and popped them into clear treat bags (as favors) and then into vases, creating non-arranged "bouquets."
Real-Butter Sugar Cookies. [...]
Observations of The Sacred Romance - Drawing Closer to the Heart of God (by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge) among a few friends. As we progress, I'll let you in on a little about this group. For now, suffice it to say, we are all Christ-following women. We are all married. One of us has grown [...]
Don't tell me how important you are - just be important. That will impress me more than anything, and stop me from running the opposite direction.
Just be who you are. And I will try also (it takes one to know one).
My friend Amy Jo and I are reading The Sacred Romance-Drawing Closer to the Heart of God, a book originally published 11 years ago by authors Brent Curtis and John Eldridge.
We're going to be sharing our thoughts about it here on this blog for a few weeks. If you have a copy, pick it up [...]
"What we call 'memory' is actually our spirit gazing at the substance of our soul…Indeed, the reason our natural minds cannot forget certain incidents is because those experiences have literally become a part of our nature…God, who is the essence of life, can reach into our experiences and redeem us from our negative reactions…through our [...]
Click here for: Last year's birthday tribute to Stormie (was actually an entire family history! Ha!)
Today is Stormie's birthday.
Happy Birthday, baby-girl and grown-up woman of God. Happy Birthday gentle spirit, humble and true. Happy Days always for you, beloved baby-of-the-family, but great caretaker and servant-of-all. You walk in the shadows and are a mystery to [...]
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