The message for this Sunday was the miracle of Jesus' birth and the great things that were of the Christ Child. It was also a message that was to set the church family to the mindset of our study for January on "What am I here for?"

Good morning, Be welcomed here as we celebrate the birth of our savior Jesus Christ.

We all look towards the future and make plans… our plans. Thousands of years ago the Hebrew people lived in bondage, and yet their faith and...

Forgot to post this one..
Fourth Sunday was cancelled for a blizzard and I took a break from my writing..

Today - the third Sunday in Advent – it’s getting down to the wire on shopping and wrapping. Ahh the joy and trials of getting ready for Christmas.
Today we will light the third candle of Advent, the Candle of Joy.

We often spend our lives looking for joy or happiness and do not recognize that it is not in having what we want, but in really wanting...

This is the first Christmas in our own building as a church, so our first Christmas with our own tree. Everyone was asked to bring an ornament..

Today's welcome...

As we move into the second Sunday in Advent, we will light the candle of preparation. I can only imagine the world before the first Christmas. A world like everyday where the faithful knew he was to come, but did little to prepare for Christ’s birth. I might imagine a different scenario where if they had...

I've been asked to do the welcome at church today. Here's what I'm gonna say.. The walmart story is real:

Dr. Thomas Grier Long , A theology professor at Emory University and a minister, wrote in his book Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian: “In church we are given words and ways of living that we would never dream of otherwise, not just church words and ways of living, but words and ways of living that shape our pilgrimage everyday and in every place” (Jossey- Bass,...

Well, we are up to two nights in a row of sleeping until close to six am.. I am a much nicer person with 7 straight hours of sleep..
I even got a nap on Sunday (alright, with my velcro nursling in arms) Heck it's sleep...

Musing for today..
If I post a response with supporting data.. how come I'm the last to post on that thread.. noone to argue it??? hmm critical thinking..

Took a new job at work.. can't wait for it to start.. cleaning up all the silly...

Up at 3:42 am .. ahh my sweet boy..
more later

Ahhh my sweet sweet boy.. are you REALLY going to start sleeping through the night.??. I know it's only 2 nights in a row.. I will take as many as you see fit to give!!!

I'm sitting in my back yard testing how far my wireless connection.. that I set up ALL BY MYSELF will take me.. the kids are playing..I am surfing.. all is well..

I accepted a new position at work this week.. whew! I've loved what I've been doing for the past 3.5 years.. but it's time for a change....

My sweet little bundle stayed in his crib from 8:30 pm to 6 AM.. I vaguely remember him peeping in the 1 am timeframe.. note to self.. if you ignore him.. he just might go on his merry way back to dream land..

Went to MD with him yesterday.. both ears still gunky.. round 3 of antibiotics.. amoxicillin - failed.. augmentin - failed.. cmon Omnicef - do your thing!!!

The knee still has some black bruises.. for goodness sake it's been 3 weeks..

Fibro seems...

just what that is? after dealing with RSV with my poor littelest one last week, it seems the poor guyis teething.. the top two chompers are coming in.
I have not slept more than 3 hours at a time since I don't know when. I cherish the nighttime feedings with my last littel nursling.. but, sweet boy, it is time to sleep through the night..
Did you know that they run the Tonight Show at 3 am?
Did you know that cartoons are on at 4am on Sunday morning?

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Baby!!!!
Hee.. we did not find out the gender.. no sealed envelope.. no note in my chart.....