Martin Luther

"Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace."

Accidents will happen

No fracture, just a lot of pain. No paddling for a couple of weeks at least.

Nt Wright on campus

"Love wants the other to be truly who they are. Love takes delight in the other's otherness."

Which of the 7 does God call me to respond to?

Sin is believing that God withholds good from us.

-- Tim Keller, "Mission and Meaning"

whimsy

I asked the Holy Spirit what I thought was a question that would never be answered because it seemed so silly and impossible. It's a question that's important to me, but I didn't think there could be an answer to it.

I told Y about the question over WhatsApp on March 15. I don't think she expected me to get an answer either.

But God answered today.

He's pretty amazing. Brownie points for taking my questions seriously, even the ones that seem dumb!

of means and ends

Friend: "What's all this for anyway? I feel like I ran a marathon and there's no one to celebrate with. And there's always more work."

I get her.


This work simply cannot be an end in itself. It's a poor master and lord.

Boat Esther

Wednesday is my new favorite day because LT.

I don't know why it looks like the sun is behind us when we took the picture at 930pm.

(Coach H. says it's the Holy Spirit .... har har)

Confession

Me: Aaaagghhh I did this.

Friend: Aaaagghhh why did you do that?

Me: Aaaagghhh.

Friend: Too late.

thumbs up

Boss DP gets an A+ for attention to detail.

Colleague LK gets an A+ for collegiality. The highlighter has just saved my life.

New life

Did you know how cuttings become plants? I did not. It's not for the impatient, for sure.



What my friend gave me:

Almost three months later:

Jonah

I thought wrongly that I would have more time this spring so I joined Ark. Ugh. I'm sure I'll have fun but I'm also kinda dreading it too. Sunday afternoons are for naps, not for sweating it out under the sun!

Anyway, here's N waiting for the paddlers on his boat. He was a team of 1 for a while but we found out later it's because he's coaching a team from Watermark.