This weekend was three days of darn near perfection. I spent most of the weekend with Joe and his family and we had so much fun. Ice cream, art museum, good conversations and just a good relaxing time. Plus Joe and I got to sit 4th row center at Caedmon’s Call. And Randall opened!
We got [...]
Archive for August, 2008
25 Aug
Three Days
25 Aug
Tony
A year ago, a good friend of mine entered Cistercian Abbey as a novice. Last Wednesday he made his first vows. I was unable to make the mass, but I did cameo at the reception.
Immediately after the vow ceremony/mass, Brother Anthony had the chance to leave the abbey and spend time with friends and family. [...]
18 Aug
Gifts
One of the things we do at Toastmasters is table topics. Three topics or questions are given to three different people for improv speeches of 1-2 minutes. Even if I am not called on to answer, I can’t help but answer them in my head.
At our last meeting one of the topics/questions was to talk [...]
14 Aug
Fruits of the Spirit: Peace
I’ll admit it. Before Mon/Tues, I thought this week’s discussion on peace would be light. I thought I’d have to fill the time because honestly, how long could we talk about peace? There’s almost never any controversy over that (it would be ironic if there was, wouldn’t it?)
Then I started studying up on it. Boy [...]
12 Aug
Teen ACTS….UHHHHH!
I’ve been MIA for a little while and it is because of a little (BIG) thing called Teen ACTS. The retreat was last Wed-Sun and it was amazing. There’s so much to even process, not to mention the fact that I can’t talk about all of it (sounds familiar, eh?). Just know it was amazing [...]
1 Aug
Fruits of the Spirit: Joy
This week in WOW we tackled the second listed fruit of the spirit: joy! I think it went well. the girls consistently amaze me with their insights and this week I got the pleasure of watching their brains come to some understanding.
I did something a little different this week. Knowing how most girls love quotes, [...]
