Tuesday – No theme today, so time for some totally random rambling. Here we go:
- How do you process difficult seasons of your life without sounding like a complaining machine?
- Times of loss present me with the greatest challenges.
- A random parenting thought: do our kids see us as loving, yet firm authority figures?
- I think parenting (especially with younger children) is hard work. Providing consistent discipline and standards requires a ton of energy.
- Bottom line? In most cases our kids should do the things we ask them to do without a ton of resistance. That “norm” can exist in family life; however, it requires consistent hard work (again, especially at younger ages).
- About life: how varied are your life experiences and relationships?
- Do you think strong communities require a broad base of relationships across typical dividing lines?
- Which relational dividing lines prove hardest for you to cross?
- How will you approach Christmas this year?
- Thinking through how we’ll spend time and money can set priorities.
- I suppose any one of these points could (and most likely will) develop into a longer post in the future.
- I’m excited about my favorite team, the Yankees. No they won’t make the playoffs, even though they keep hanging around.
- You don’t trade your three best players and expect to stay in the race. Their young talent has added some much needed excitement, however.
- I am planning to start soon on finishing my book project. Perhaps even in the next week I will set out a road map for what I need to do to complete it by the end of the year.
- How’s your Tuesday? Be sure to give God praise and glory, thanking Him for all He provides.