Journey in the Dark

Last night our 17 year old clothes washer groaned, squeaked, produced and awful smell, and basically died. Step one was to see if it could be repaired. $80 to find out, $150 total if it was something small, chances are it’s something big…probably not the wisest use of money for a 17 year old washer. […]

I think technology is great. How did I survive without email? I can hardly remember buying something without googling it first. Being able to reach across the world in seconds and communicate, or talk to multiple people all at once. Even have “meetings” over email. Wow.
But I sense all this information age stuff has increased […]

My husband and I went on a vacation last year to Colorado. We attended a wedding there, but decided to stay for a week. He is an avid fly-fisherman. Now I really didn’t want to sit alone in our room while he fished. So I tagged along with my crazy-creek chair and a couple of […]

My church community doesn’t stress tithing. It stresses generosity. I think this is a very good thing. I’ve always thought, even as a kid, that the 10% rule is really dumb. I mean, why would it be equally generous for someone making 100,000 a year to give away 10%, leaving 90,000 to live on, […]