Spinal Tap Scheduled

Spinal tap is scheduled for next Thursday, May 24th at St. Luke's downtown Boise. Check in time is 7:45. Prayers are welcome! :)

1 Thess 5:16-18
"Be joyful always. Pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances for this is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus."

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Persecution

This post represents my inner-need to spew what my heart's been feeling all day. Earlier, I received a message on facebook from an old friend. I hadn't seen or heard from her since high school (which has been *cough cough* ten years ago now); we hadn't even exchanged messages or comments on facebook since becoming facebook friends...until today. The message from this old friend began with no warm greeting or friendly "hello". She didn't cushion things with small talk or beating around the bush. Her message just hammered right in and began reaming me with insults about how ignorant and uneducated I am. She notified me of how sorry she was for my children that they would be educated by a God-lover and someone so ignorant. Her final requests were that I stop flooding facebook with my religious ramblings about God and to not pray for her since she has an ivy league diploma, full bank account and excessive happiness. All of this came after a nearly...

Two Days as a Substitute Teacher

My past two days have been spent in the role as a substitute teacher in one of our local high school Spanish classes. The job popped up at just the right time. Calvin had just been dealt another week with fewer hours at work and we were beginning to pick and choose which bills we were going to pay and which ones could wait until the next pay-check. I asked the Lord to provide for us financially and not even two hours later I received a phone call from the secretary at the high school asking if I'd like to sub! I have never received a subbing phone-call before, ever ! I don't even remember filling out any paperwork to do it! But that's just God for you. He's always providing at exactly the right time! I thought you might enjoy some of the interesting dialogues I had with the students (or overheard) in my time as a sub... After one sophomore boy kept leaving his seat and stirring up the class, I told him to pretend his rear was glued to his ...

The Reason for the Season

Have you ever asked God "why"? For some reason, this year I have become especially curious about how Mary must have reacted when she found out that she'd be giving birth in a barn... with livestock! Did she ask God, "why"? I don't know what the cultural norm was back then?? Who knows? Maybe it was typical for a family to bed-down in a stable if the inns were all full? Maybe women gave birth in stables on a regular basis and it was not a shock to her? I just don't know. But I am approaching this post with the idea that it was not in Mary's plan in any way, shape or form to give birth in a barn. I have thought about Christ's birth over and over as we've celebrated Christmas each year and the significance that there is that God chose for His Son to be born in a lowly stable, but never has it dawned on me with such intensity as this year how Mary must've felt about it. She had just been delivered an amazing message that...

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