I discovered by accident at work a while ago that Kellogg brand Pot Tarts are Jari-safe. So I went to Walmart today to buy some, and was pleased (and surprised) to find that they taste much better (and are considerably cheaper) than the ones at work. The ones at work are bitter. I can't imagine how old they are. :-P ( Read more... )

Every night before bed I read a chapter of the Bible. Sometimes the sheer enthralling power of the story catches me and I get sucked in, reading chapters and chapters before I even realize it. This used to be such a problem I had to be pretty strict about the "one chapter" rule, because when you read too much, you can't really digest and think ( Read more... )

I was going to post this as an add-on to my dream post of a moment ago, but I think it deserves to be a post of its own, now ( Read more... )

It started pretty innocently. Campus was a long walk from any church I knew. At least two miles. And as the temperature dropped and the snow depended and the stairway that linked campus to the rest of the world got icier, those two miles grew. Plus it was a new church to me. I'd never been to it before. Easy to slip through the cracks that way, I ( Read more... )

This Sunday in church I was sitting in my usual spot in the front row on the left side. I prefer there because if I'm further back, I always feel like there's a seat between me and God. Plus I like leg room, and there's (nearly) always lots of free seats in the front row. :-3 If I'm sitting in the back at the computer, I always feel like there's a ( Read more... )

I'm finally starting to understand. The careful guidance of a dear friend led me to it, but I never truly understood until I did a mimic last night. I've prayed that prayer often: "Lord, please help me to praise you in everything and with everything." Sometimes you can long for the forest with all your heart, but never find it because all these ( Read more... )

Happy Easter everyone ( Read more... )

So a couple days ago, a very dear friend of mine was very depressed. I was very worried for her, and tried my hardest to cheer her up, but nothing seemed to work, and eventually she got offline. I found out later that shortly after that, when she was feeling really depressed, she was looking through a book of pictures from Alaska I’d sent her when ( Read more... )

Something a friend said last night really brought to the forefront of my mind something I'd been thinking of for the past week or so. I've really been feeling lime my life is in "idle" gear, and generally when I feel that way, it's 'cause something's not right in my walk with God. It occurred to me about a week ago, that I hadn't been keeping up ( Read more... )

Well, it's official. Unless by some miracle it's at rogue_alchemist's house, then my camera is lost for good. The last place I remember having it was Texas Roadhouse, when my brother cajoled me into taking a picture of the painting on the wall. I called them, and they said no one has turned in a camera. I've torn apart my whole room. Heck, the whole house. :-P ( Read more... )