HurriedPatience

a few weeks after John and I relocated to Indiana, we had a meeting with the youth ministry team and asked if there were any mission organization or projects in the area. Well a few names were thrown out, and one member said ," well hey there is OMS, but I don't know what they do." If you know me personally, you know I basically take not knowing things as a challenge to know about the topic. #GoogleQueen  I really just don't like not knowing especially when the world is at my finger tips :) So I Googled and I ogled at all the cool things I was reading on the OMS ( or One Mission Society) Website ( LiNK HERE ). I did a general, " hey can I get info" email to their general email and I spoke back and forth with the cool team in Mobilization who invited me to come and check out chapel service. I toured the facility and met a few new faces but didn't know what would really come out of it. In the weeks to follow I had some back and forth conversations bu...

I feel like last summer the word EPIC came from left field and was every other word out of the teenaged populations mouths but I think Kurt Bubna was on the right track when he used in in the title of his book , " Epic Grace".  I like that from the cover you can tell his voice and honesty by saying he is a "recovering idiot". This book has been through the ringer with me me, I received this book sometime at the end of January/ early February and if you know me, you know that was the start of an amazing journey!! We have moved to Indiana from Texas and started our new journey at our new church.  Well sometime on this journey my poor copy of the book became wet and is about four times the size that it was when i received it. I think the most important thing I have grasped from this book is that we need to remember that we all fall short sometimes, and have slap your head moments. I am pretty sure I had one of those "idiot" moments last night, but what we...

As some of you may know, today is One Day Without Shoes Day .... but many of you may not know. This day is encouraged/sponsored/planned by Toms Shoes , the buy one give one organization, and for those of you who have not heard about this company take a look at a college campus or music festival and you will probably lay eyes on a pair or more. For those of you who have watched me grow up, the concept of NOT wearing shoes comes VERY naturally to me. I remember days when my husband and I were dating and my father would see me leave the house without shoes and say," child where are you shoes, get back in the house and get them," to which I would reply," don't worry dad I left some in Curtis' car." These conversations happened ALOT, and I don't regret not liking shoes :) not liking shoes led me to my purchase of Vibram Five Finger Shoes  and eventually my first pair of Toms ( feel like I am wearing nothing). So I think it was the first year I was caug...

Just the other day I was speaking with my mom about how I needed to get back on the saddle and continue blogging, so today I saw a post on Facebook that instead of saying little snippets of what I felt on the topic I would write it as a whole. A new friend pastor friend of mine posted today about the term wedlock. Of course many of my readers know that I have a strong love for dictionary and nickname in middle school was dictionarybarbie because I was ridiculously dictionary oriented, so I went to my good friend the dictionary to verify I understood what the term meant. Merriam Webster said wedlock is the state of being married. In thinking about the break down of the word though, the first part does mean marriage (wed- to bring or join {two things} together). Then the second part of the word "-lock" has a few different definitions but for the point of this blog I will say it can be a combination of lock(noun) where the fourth definition is "one that is assured or su...

I read the most amazing book with hints on cool dates to do with your spouse. What really made me excited about reading the book, " The Little Book of Great Dates" by Greg Smalley is that I read it during the time that we were in the series Mr and Mrs Better Half at NorthRock  ( follow link if you are interested in hearing or watching the sermons from this or any series). During this series our pastor Jonathan spoke about how your relationship has be be intentional and this includes dating while married. The book gives ideas for every week/month general dates, or special dates like anniversaries, how to date with kids, or even dating when things are going on. Dating must be intentional and this book helps you be intentional.  **Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for the purposes of reviewing it, these opinions are my own.****

a Facebook Friend/ fellow blogger WondHerful  did this last week and I was pretty interested in doing it too :) Alphabet of thanks A: Apples B:  Books C: Curtis D: Dad E: Embroidery F: gluten free FLOUR G: Grace Point Church H: Huffman (my in-laws) I: ice J: Jaek the Cat K: Keepsakes L: Leading and Loving It and Leading and Loving It Local M: Mom N: NorthRock Church O: Oral Communications P: Pie Q: Queen of England R: Rebel T3 S: Starbucks and SnoCones T: Tyndale Blog Network U:  Unglued ( thank you Lysa Turkerst) V: Vegan goodies at the grocery store W: Worship X: eXtra sleep :) when I can fit it in Y: Youversion Z: Zoo :) there is so much more than this list that I am thankful for, but it sure is a good start :)