1. Boy! This year feels like it's going at a quick pace. It's almost March - wowzers! Things have been moving fast at work and at home. Not in a bad way, though. It's just a season, I suppose. I was delighted that my boss decided that a conference in Atlanta that we had been planning to attend in March just wasn't worth the time and money. Yeah! No travel in March!
2. I've started a book discussion with Megan at Half-Pint House on Through His Eyes by Jerram Barrs. It looks like a great study on women in the Bible. It's not too late for any of my bloggy friends to join in...I ordered my copy from Covenant Seminary Bookstore and got it in just two days. On another book discussion note, Challies Dot Com has also announced his next Reading Through the Classics selection and another book to read in preparation for Easter. I'm definitely going to join in for the classic.
3. Speaking of Easter, I just got another devotion book edited by Nancy Guthrie (Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter.) This one is 25 meditations on the Cross. I loved her book on Christmas. I got so much out of it as we moved toward Christmas last year. I'm really looking forward to using this as my quiet-time devotional.
4. Last night was the charity auction for Mary's school. I helped put together the auction booklet earlier this month and then ran the sales data entries last night. Matt worked pretty steady the last two days getting all of the laptops needed for the night networked together and the databases synced. He amazes me in how he can just figure stuff out. He's NOT an IT guy...just a very determined guy. :o) I think the school raised somewhere around $50K so it was definitely a success. I didn't win any of my bids as I couldn't stay out by the silent auction tables to keep bidding BUT I did get this really, really cool mirror that was left at the end of the night for just $20!! Both of my girls are fighting over it, but I think it's going to go in my room. ;-p
5. Sean seems to finally have gotten over his nasty cold he brought back from New York. Still coughing a bit though. Ellen and I have seemed to have gotten it also as we started running fevers on Thursday and Friday and now we're both pretty stuffy and miserable. UGH!!!
6. Next week is Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday for you non-Louisianians) and Ash Wednesday. Last year I went to the local Episcopal Church's Ash Wednesday service and hope to do it again this year. I was planning to use my Aunt Yan's recipe to make a King Cake to bring to work on Tuesday, but someone told me today that Fresh Market has shipped some in from a bakery in Louisiana complete with the little baby! That sounds like a much, much easier route but here's a recipe I found online that you might want to try. Be brave....you can do it!
7. Matt, Sean, and I went to a seminar this morning at church called "Exploring the CCC Family." It was basically what we used to call the "Pastor's Class" at our old church. Even with my sneezing and coughing, I was greatly encouraged. It was a 3-hour class with Pastor Dean covering personal salvation, CC's specific mission, values, and discipleship philosophy, the Evangelical Free denominational history and statements of faith, and finally what membership at CC means. While I'm not quite ready to join, this was another step in feeling more at peace with making this our family's church home. It's been a year almost since events were put into motion that caused us to lose our pastor of 12+ years and eventually for our family to begin looking for a new church home. I look back and am amazed at how God has worked in our little family's lives during this period. It has been tremendously painful, but the real truth of the matter is that it has also been a period of tremendous growth for so many people. God's plans will not be thwarted by the sin of man or the designs of Satan! I was reading a blog this week and a lady said this of a church they were beginning to attend: "It's not home yet, but it's full of love and kindness. That's enough for now." That's how I feel about Christ Community. The people have embraced our family with grace and kindness and love. They have given us much needed salve for our wounds.
Well...peace to you all tonight. Be well.
2. I've started a book discussion with Megan at Half-Pint House on Through His Eyes by Jerram Barrs. It looks like a great study on women in the Bible. It's not too late for any of my bloggy friends to join in...I ordered my copy from Covenant Seminary Bookstore and got it in just two days. On another book discussion note, Challies Dot Com has also announced his next Reading Through the Classics selection and another book to read in preparation for Easter. I'm definitely going to join in for the classic.
3. Speaking of Easter, I just got another devotion book edited by Nancy Guthrie (Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter.) This one is 25 meditations on the Cross. I loved her book on Christmas. I got so much out of it as we moved toward Christmas last year. I'm really looking forward to using this as my quiet-time devotional.
4. Last night was the charity auction for Mary's school. I helped put together the auction booklet earlier this month and then ran the sales data entries last night. Matt worked pretty steady the last two days getting all of the laptops needed for the night networked together and the databases synced. He amazes me in how he can just figure stuff out. He's NOT an IT guy...just a very determined guy. :o) I think the school raised somewhere around $50K so it was definitely a success. I didn't win any of my bids as I couldn't stay out by the silent auction tables to keep bidding BUT I did get this really, really cool mirror that was left at the end of the night for just $20!! Both of my girls are fighting over it, but I think it's going to go in my room. ;-p
5. Sean seems to finally have gotten over his nasty cold he brought back from New York. Still coughing a bit though. Ellen and I have seemed to have gotten it also as we started running fevers on Thursday and Friday and now we're both pretty stuffy and miserable. UGH!!!
6. Next week is Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday for you non-Louisianians) and Ash Wednesday. Last year I went to the local Episcopal Church's Ash Wednesday service and hope to do it again this year. I was planning to use my Aunt Yan's recipe to make a King Cake to bring to work on Tuesday, but someone told me today that Fresh Market has shipped some in from a bakery in Louisiana complete with the little baby! That sounds like a much, much easier route but here's a recipe I found online that you might want to try. Be brave....you can do it!
7. Matt, Sean, and I went to a seminar this morning at church called "Exploring the CCC Family." It was basically what we used to call the "Pastor's Class" at our old church. Even with my sneezing and coughing, I was greatly encouraged. It was a 3-hour class with Pastor Dean covering personal salvation, CC's specific mission, values, and discipleship philosophy, the Evangelical Free denominational history and statements of faith, and finally what membership at CC means. While I'm not quite ready to join, this was another step in feeling more at peace with making this our family's church home. It's been a year almost since events were put into motion that caused us to lose our pastor of 12+ years and eventually for our family to begin looking for a new church home. I look back and am amazed at how God has worked in our little family's lives during this period. It has been tremendously painful, but the real truth of the matter is that it has also been a period of tremendous growth for so many people. God's plans will not be thwarted by the sin of man or the designs of Satan! I was reading a blog this week and a lady said this of a church they were beginning to attend: "It's not home yet, but it's full of love and kindness. That's enough for now." That's how I feel about Christ Community. The people have embraced our family with grace and kindness and love. They have given us much needed salve for our wounds.
Well...peace to you all tonight. Be well.
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