Saturday, July 29th, was my best friend’s wedding. Kailey Enloe married Mark Leesman in a 5:00 pm service at First Baptist Church, Jefferson City. It was a beautiful ceremony and an even more beautiful bride. It has seemed like a whole week of festivities. I spent Thursday with the bride and her mom running lots [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Kailey’s Wedding
Posted in Miscellaneous on July 30, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Friday Five Post
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2006 | 4 Comments »
From My RevGal Blog Ring:
Many areas of the United States are having a heat wave. Global warming, anyone? Look on the bright side of melting glaciers and enviro-destruction by taking a crack at the Friday Five:
1. What’s the high temperature today where you are? 94
2. Favorite way(s) to beat the heat. Chocolate Ice Cream
3. [...]
Open a Vein
Posted in Spiritual Formation on July 24, 2006 | 3 Comments »
"Writing is really quite simple; all you have to do is sit down at your typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith
Open a vein . . . quite simple? I think not. Painful . . . most definitely. Messy . . . usually. In the days of early medicine when people would be under the [...]
Cuteness
Posted in Miscellaneous on July 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Could he be any cuter????? NO!!!
We believe in you
Posted in Youth Ministry on July 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We believe in you.We dream for youto know the God who loves you so.He’ll never ever let you go.
We hope for you.We pray for youto find a way through the night.God will be your guiding light.
Children of Villa Vermendi – we love you.
Calling
Posted in Spiritual Formation on July 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s storming oustide. I love storms. I sat on my deck for awhile, listening to me IPOD and letting the wind whip me hair all over the place. Fantastic!
From my devotional this morning: "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet." – Frederick Buechner. [...]
Thoughts After Mission Trip
Posted in Youth Ministry on July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We returned Sunday night from an 8-day youth mission trip to San Antonio, Texas, and it was simply amazing.
First – I love my youth. I love them, I love them, I love them. They are amazing, beautiful, giving, imperfect humans who sometimes get it right and sometimes get it wrong but their hearts and motives [...]
Mission Trip
Posted in Youth Ministry on July 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We are on our Mission Trip to San Antonio this week. To read updates and see pictures of our trip, go to www.refugeonline.org/pictures.htm and click on "San Antonio"!!
Mel
Independence Day
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting out on my back patio with my laptop, a good book, and a cup of steaming coffee. Okay, I don’t have the coffee but it just seemed like the right thing to add to the picture. I actually have an Evian water bottle filled with tap water. A metaphor for many things in [...]
Save Darfur
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
For those who weren’t at High School Basecamp this morning, we spent the morning talking about the genocide in Darfur that is occuring at this very moment. Some of us had no idea what is happening to men, women, and children across the Atlantic Ocean. Some of us had heard the word "Darfur" in the [...]