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26 March 2011 | 04:55 PM
Identity: More of the Other Katie
Day’s Verse: Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. Proverbs 27:1 Remember The Other Katie? I’ve mentioned The Other Katie phenomena before on my blog (here, here, here, and here, to be exact). I continue to periodically receive Other Katie emails, but earlier this week [...]
24 March 2011 | 08:10 PM
Walking Petri Dishes Strike Again
Day’s Verse: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. Proverbs 27:14 And by “walking petri dishes,” I mean elementary kids. At least, I assume I picked up this cold while I was at the elementary school in Lynden. I haven’t had [...]
12 March 2011 | 07:05 AM
Hit By A Car: 1 Year Later
Day’s Verse: You’re addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied. Proverbs 21:17 Without even noticing it, I recently passed the 1 year anniversary of having been hit by a car. Remember that experience? Here’s my blog post describing that crash, and my update a day later. A week [...]
10 March 2011 | 07:27 AM
Scoliosis: Update
Day’s Verse: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 So you know how when you get a test done at the doctor’s, they almost always send you a [...]
3 March 2011 | 03:51 PM
Aquarium
Day’s Verse: Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25 Today I “chaperoned” a field trip to the aquarium for my old high school’s Marine Biology class. I used scare quotes there deliberately, because for juniors and seniors in high school, chaperoning was extremely nominal. Mom really just invited [...]
26 February 2011 | 02:59 PM
A Poem, and Hope
Day’s Verse: Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 “Famous,” by Naomi Shihab Nye The river is famous to the fish. The loud voice is famous to silence, which knew it would inherit the earth before anybody said so. The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds [...]
21 February 2011 | 06:09 PM
My 2011 Presidents Day
Day’s Verse: “The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Matthew 7:25 (context) See those big, alarmed-looking eyes? The way they seem to say “I should know what’s going on, but I don’t”? …OK, [...]
