Last Sunday Phil was installed as the Associate Pastor of our new church.
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A New Beginning
Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
Our Big Move
Friday, July 10th, 2015
To once more quote my dear grandmother, “Well, nothing lasts forever!” The winds of change are blowing again. Phil received a call to a church in Omaha. It’s been an emotional few weeks for us as he deliberated and came to his decision. He has accepted this call.
So we have started to gather and pack our belongings, soak up our final days of life in our little town and soon we will become city dwellers.
You can expect me to be getting a lot more sentimental here as the days pass! This is going to be a hard one.
Keeping Advent
Friday, November 14th, 2014
*Sorry about the spacing on this post, I couldn’t fix it! I’m sure I’m the only one that gets annoyed by post spacing….
Advent is quickly approaching! As I begin to plan what our family will be doing I thought I’d share what we have done in the past, activities which are becoming our traditions.
I’m one of those people who really want to start pumping out the Christmas carols as soon as Halloween is over. To be honest, I’m also tempted to blast them in June. So holding off on Christmas while it’s still Advent is very hard for me but every year I make it a goal of mine to wait. I find that waiting is hard but fitting.
We are reminded in Advent of how we are waiting for Christ’s return. We are waiting through Advent to celebrate our Savior’s birth on Christmas Day. And isn’t the Feast always much more rewarding after a Fast? My putting off Christmas until the actual season is a kind of fast for me.
Putting off the Christmas celebration is made even more difficult once my family and I step out of the door. Our school has its Christmas program in early December, my children bring home their Christmas crafts from school throughout Advent and of course every house around us is completely decked out in Christmas finery.
So how do we “keep Advent” in our family?
More on the Pastoral Office
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
I was pleased to see that last week Issues, Etc highlighted an issue we need to hear about, the suffering our pastors’ experience. You can listen to this timely interview on Issues, Etc, Suffering in the Pastoral Office .
And here’s another great post on supporting the pastor, That’s My Pastor.
