The winner is Эдуард! Congratulations! I will be getting Bloodlines to you this week. If you didn’t win you can still get Bloodlines for free in a PDF version from Desiring God. Thank you everyone for participating in the Bloodlines giveaway. I will have another book to giveaway next month. a…
Today I am giving away the hardcover book Bloodlines by John Piper. Pastor Piper is not perfect, as you will see when you read this book, but is used by God’s grace to share the gospel. In this book he will share it in relation to race. I have to…
One of the ways we save quite a bit of money is by cutting our own hair. By that I mean I cut everybody’s hair. We purchased a $20 pair of clippers, which is about the price of one haircut now-a-days. The clippers usually last around a year. I only…
I am terrible at sending thank you cards. I think of it and then somehow it doesn’t get done. A month goes by, then I remember and think it’s too late. Now it’s a new year and I’m thinking back and remembering how blessed I have been. Thinking about the…
Saturday I posted an assessment of my goals and what I would do to accomplish them. I totally screwed up! (insert raspberry sound and L on forehead here) I messed up within 24 hours. I didn’t even think to set my alarm for 5:30. I’ve been doing it for two…
Photo by NASA/GSFC This my first week of doing my 3 in 30 goals. I really am thankful for the accountability I receive from blogging about it. Here’s how it’s going: Getting up early- I have been doing well at this. I have gotten up every morning at 5:30, but…
In a world that tells us we deserve better. I want to remind my kids what we don’t. I want my kids to remember that all we’re given, it’s all grace, a gift. That’s why it’s important to me that they send thank you cards. I like to have them…
We live in the vicinity of the Mall of America, so we go there every once in a while to shop around and look at what’s new. One of the newest stores is Peeps & company. I saw the sign a few months ago that it was coming and I…
Photo by Alan Cleaver This is my first time doing 3 in 30 and I’m really excited about it. It seems like it will be a great way to help me accomplish my goals month to month. I will be listing 3 goals I want to complete this month. At the…
Photo by Steve Snodgrass As I look at my life I feel a little discouraged, I feel like I am just coasting along. I set a few goals at the beginning of this year, and I accomplished a couple of them. Which is great, but they weren’t really that meaningful. …
