New Scene Selection

We all live through a series of scenes.  Some scenes are more cinematic than others with boring, mundane in-between times, and then moments when you just swear you're living in a movie or a reality television show.  But movies have trained us to be used to instant gratification.  We just jump to the "10 years later..."or travel through a montage of a year in three minutes instead of living through the character's waiting time.  If you listened to our latest podcast on waiting, you heard my big announcement about moving on to a new scene.

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What I Want for Christmas

What do you want? What do you need? Sometimes these questions have the same answer, but usually they do not.  When I was ten years old, I wanted a Brett Favre jersey even more than I wanted a Winnie the Pooh watch.  When I was 16, I wanted accessories for my car and this horribly ugly jean vest with a fur collar (WHY?).  When I was 18, I wanted an iPod (back when they weighed 4 pounds) and a new pair of vans.  Then almost a decade passed, and although deep down I still want gift cards to Anthropologie, Christmas becomes zero fun when focused on yourself.  I realized this the year I got a vacuum…

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Love is for the Brave

Actually caring about people can be embarrassing. It's embarrassing when they don't seem to care as much about you, forget about you, or leave you out.  Actually loving someone can be hurtful. It's hurtful when you've been forgotten about too many times or when you've been let down.  Actually loving someone can be painful.  It's painful when you are separated from them or especially if you've lost them. 

But as I read each chapter of Love Does, it's as if every story is a year's dose of hope.  When love is shown in action, it just can't be stopped.  When passion jumps out, no one can ignore it.  

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