Month: April 2009

  • My mom sent me over the top…

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    Ya gotta love moms. I had set a fundraising goal of $2,000 for this year’s MS 150. Last year I raised more, but I decided to be a bit conservative this year, with the economy the way it is. (Not that MS knows anything about the economy, but I digress.) I’ve been receiving emails from…

  • SOAP: I am so fired up!

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    Scripture: Psalm 9:1-2 1I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. 2I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. Observation: I will share with those I can how wonderful and powerful you…

  • Loving my FREE New Testament download on my iPhone!

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    Tonight I was in a class at church when the pastor suggested we all turn in our Bibles to a passage in Acts. Great… except I didn’t have my Bible with me. (I know, I know… duh! Should have had it with me!!) Normally I do… and, well, now I almost always will… Fortunately I…

  • Recipes from a delightful ladies’ lunch

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    A few days before Easter I was invited to a luncheon with some pretty spectacular ladies. Our hostess made this adorable edible bunny dip with a bread bowl, rolls, veggies and some spinach dip: It was too cute to just keep for ourselves. I had to share! And look at her centerpiece for just one…

  • SOAP: No judging (by me) allowed!

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    Scripture: 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t make decisions the way you do! People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at a person’s thoughts and intentions.” Observation: God doesn’t judge the way humans do. We can only…

  • Seeking advice for cycling in the rain

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    The weather forecast for this weekend doesn’t look so glorious for the MS 150 ride from Houston to Austin. It actually looks quite thunderstorm-y. Yuck Lightening I will not do, but rain I will. I’ve got a few ideas for cycling in the rain like brake early and that sort of thing. I also plan…

  • Getting ready for some hills…

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    This Sunday morning, weather permitting, I plan to be in Bastrop, Texas climbing the hills of two state parks, among my 80 miles of that day’s cycling for the MS 150 ride. (I say weather permitting because the weather forecast looks a little messy right now.) The weekend before Easter I cycled through the parks,…

  • It’s the Virtual Great American Bake Sale!

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    You know how bake sales allow you to look over lots of delicious treats and select the best to share with your friends and family without all the mess? And then you also get to support to a very worthy cause at the same time? Well, that’s sort of how it is with the Virtual…

  • SOAP: 2 Corinthians 13: 11

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    Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11 Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Rejoice. Change your ways. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you. Observation: Paul reminds us that Jesus Christ is love. And that this love must be shown…

  • SOAP: What’s all the boasting about?

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    Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10: 17 As the Scriptures say “The person who wishes to boast should boast only of what the Lord has done.” Observation: Hmm. Easy to write, but I can slip on this one. Application: Whenever I hear myself boasting, perhaps I should remind myself of why I am ABLE to boast. How…

  • Give cheerfully to the Lord

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    Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7 You must each make up your mind as to how much you should give. Don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully. Observation: Determine yourself how much you should give and then do it with joy, not out of obligation. This pleases God.…

  • Waiting for the cookie decorators to come home…

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    Just waiting for the fun to begin… Check out more fun photos at Wordless Wednesday.

  • Photos from the Bluebonnet Express

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    When I rode in the Bluebonnet Express, an MS 150 training ride, a few weeks ago I had every intention of blogging about the 80-mile experience. But, well, so many other things came up and I never got around to it. Here is my experience in one word: AWESOME! I prayed for a confidence-boosting ride…

  • Pondering the Easter celebration…

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    Not too long ago I was collecting opinions on the Nintendo DS when a friend suggested that a DS might make a nice Easter present. Easter present? We don’t give our kids Easter gifts. I typically do buy new clothes for the kids for Easter Sunday and the Easter Bunny does fill baskets with candy…

  • SOAP: Hearing from God

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    Scripture: 1 Samuel 3: 1 …Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. 1 Samuel 3:7 Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before. Observation: Samuel, like most at the time, had never heard from the Lord,…