In our Western culture, we worship at the altar of BIG: big corporations, big business, big houses, big money, big cars (SUVs, anyone?), and the real point of this post--the BIG gesture ( Read more... )

Snow showers and flurries this morning--nice weather to do some Christmas shopping ( Read more... )

Just came from lunch at a community center/coffee shop/cafe in one of the poorer sections of Memphis; it's in an area that was rocked by a stabbing death of six people (2 adults, 4 children) earlier this year ( Read more... )

It's the "C" thing, y'all ( Read more... )

My church is sponsoring a Habitat house building project, so a bunch of us (8 to be exact) from my EFM group worked painting, caulking, washing siding, cutting siding, and hanging doors at our family's new home.

This project is one of the most meaningful things I've done in a long time. I'm sunburned and sore, but I feel good.