I’m loosing track of the days during these summer months–thus a “weekly” worship piece instead of a “Wednesday” worship piece. I imagine I am not the only pastor preparing for a summer wedding (or two or more). My favorite benediction for weddings comes from Ephesians 3:16-19. I pray that out of God’s glorious riches you…
Tonight Grace and I made brownies. We decorated them with marshmallows. You might see a couple of flowers, three smiley faces, and a sun. A very yummy creation!
I am grateful to Rachel Held Evans for taking up the topic of egalitarianism this week and instigating (inciting?) a synchroblog on various aspects of gender equality within a Christian context. I encourage you to go to Rachel’s blog and check out #mutuality2012 on twitter. Good stuff. As you might imagine, some of the stories…
(This is my 13th day of creativity!) Tonight I made a simple snake bookmark out of ribbons, googly eyes, and a bell. Grace is into snakes right now, so I thought she might like this. Grace is on a Lego kick. This morning she made a pyramid. Thanks for looking everyone. Happy creating!
I have had some baskets in my kitchen for awhile now. They are the perfect shape and size for my shelves, but the little roses around the sides aren’t quite my style. So today I pulled off the roses and spruced up the baskets with decorations more to my liking. (Plus I bought a glue…
I don’t know about your part of the world, but here in northeastern Kansas the weather is just about perfect. So for my creative prayer practice this week I took some time to appreciate the works of the Creator. Here’s the basic idea for this practice: Take a walk–around your neighborhood, on a forest path,…
My creation today was a baptism card for a family friend. He’s 8, so I thought he would appreciate the pop-up effect. And Grace is playing with legos. She made a house for her little dog.
Yay! 30 Days of Creativity has officially begun! It’s nice to have company. (I started this project early because we’re going on vacation the end of June.) Today Grace and I took advantage of the inspiration calendar. We made chairs for her doll out of cardboard gift containers.
My sister-in-law, Jen, is one of the best moms I know. Along with my brother, she is raising two creative, intelligent, delightful, respectful boys. She is a medical doctor who provides care for hundreds of people. And last time we talked she told me how inadequate she feels every time she gets on Facebook. Her…
O.K. “Tea Holder” is a funky name for what I made. My brain is barely working. Tonight I decorated an empty tea bag canister to use to hold loose leaf tea and my infuser. I used some tea pot stamps that I carved quite a while ago. (I’m not terribly happy with how this turned…
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