One of my favorite summer activities is to take my Bible out back to a lawn chair on a Sunday morning. It’s an unrushed hour I can spend with the Lord in the sunshine. For some reason, in the summer it seems okay to indulge in fresh air, sunshine, and time to relax. I encourage you this summer to…
My daughter brought home a tomato plant from the nursery where she works, and I thought it would be a great idea to go plant it at her grandma’s house while she’s out of town. Hopefully there will be ripe tomatoes greeting her when she returns from Arizona. We found a pot at my mother-in-law’s,…
The phone range by my bedside at 5:30 yesterday morning –my husband calling from Tucson, Arizona. He informed me his uncle had passed away in the night. I hung up the phone, and grief pushed the air out of my lungs. It was only six months ago that my preacher husband said the memorial words…
I have been reading the Bible through and am nearing the end of the chronicles of the kings. I have whiplash. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoram did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Ahaziah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Joash did what…
I rely on my husband and really close friends to do a face check for me. I want to know that I don’t have any unsightly boogers or broccoli –you know? Only a really close friend will say, Um, you have a little something right there. I want my face to be beautiful. Paul tells…
I just made a double batch of my fudge brownie recipe, to send with friends to use at their children’s camp. I did lick the spoon –always willing to risk salmonella for the sake of chocolate. I wish you could smell my house right now. I refuse to buy a box mix because my homemade…
Every year our high school youth pastor hosts a graduation banquet for all the seniors. It’s a white linen tablecloth and candlelight event, with volunteer waiters from the church. Classy. This year I was asked to help decorate, and it was the first time I had any involvement in the preparation. This usually isn’t my…
Read this and consider that God is that kind of teacher.
My biggest, biggest fear before I got married was that Jesus would come back before our honeymoon. (Keepin’ it real on this blog, ladies.) But Jesus had not come back yet when I married Matthew on June 1st, and we left for our honeymoon in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The weather was cold and rainy, and our hotel room was…
We have a Saturday evening church service and wanted to refresh the décor on the stage, so we put together a design team. Our sanctuary seats 600, and the space is extremely large to work with. I heard my friend say that the large space needs to be filled with large design. Tom Matherson, writer for…
I sat in American history class in college, furiously taking notes, but every time the teacher paused I doodled on the side of the paper. Matthew Matthew Fitzwater Mrs. Matthew Fitzwater Christy Fitzwater In cursive. In print. Encased in hearts. With swirls and loops. Should I write the F the unique way he does? (I decided…
Sunday we loaded up the car and drove to our favorite little park in Lakeside, on Flathead Lake. From there we took a leisurely stroll (1.6 miles –we know because afterward Matt had to clock it) on the road that hugs the lake. It was the perfect day, with not a cloud in the sky…
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