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Tiny Boy. Great Joy.
We’ve been so wonderfully occupied this past week, that I have only posted a brief birth announcement for Isaiah. Some of you might be eager for more photos of this little guy. (click to enlarge) Isaiah arrived earlier than expected, but we couldn’t be more overjoyed at having him join our family. We want to express […]
Isaiah Elden Vandercar
Today, we welcomed Isaiah Elden to our family. Born at 2:40pm, Isaiah weighed 5 lbs 3 oz and was 18½”. He came over three weeks early, but both he and mommy are well. Thank you for your many prayers and praise God!
Board Games
I recently happened upon this gif. If you’ve played in a certain crowd or have a certain temperament, you’ve maybe considered doing this same thing. It cracks me up! I get it. I used to approach games with a good deal of seriousness. I think I’ve matured and don’t know that I would ever again consider […]
An Emergency Room Visit
I was admitted to the ER last night. All is well. Over the past few days, I’d been experiencing some pesky chest pain. Mostly surface stuff that seemed like muscle strains. The intensity would change depending on my position, or whether I was standing, or sitting, or moving, or breathing. And it would jump from place […]
With These Falling Leaves
Come, My beloved. Rest here ‘neath the weathered tree. Let us keep time with these falling leaves. May they remind you that a great many things will fade. Yet, My truth – My word to you shall remain. Like an oak – sure through the storm. Look up. Do you see? I shelter thee. Do you […]
The Discipline of Loneliness
In The Discipline of Loneliness, Oswald Chambers explores the solitariness of the journey we take with our Lord. He is bold to state: Friendship to a soul undisciplined by loneliness is a precarious sea on which many have been lost, and on whose shores the wrecks of many humans hearts lie rotting. Loneliness marks the child […]
Simeon’s Second Birthday ?
I would be remiss if I didn’t share a few photos from Simeon’s birthday. Grammy Cheryl made the trip up. We visited Fall Harvest Orchard. Adrienne baked a few yummy apple pies. Simeon did his best to extinguish the candles! ? We had some chat time with other grandparents. Matt, Jenna, Pascal, & Carol were also […]
Autumn & Song
My body has ached and I’ve felt off this past week. Best I can figure, I’ve allowed stress to waylay me. I can’t say that I’ve properly identified the cause of it all, but I can say that I (finally) took a few steps to remedy my ailments. I’ve attempted to distance myself for a […]
Answered Prayer in Minneapolis
Prayer: For opportunities to be an everyday missionary in our community. Two weeks ago I wrote these thoughts from walking Minneapolis at night. That night, I encountered a longing to recommit myself to His everyday missionary cause in our city. How to move, then, from intention to action? God has a way with this. When […]
On Raising Children & Making Memories
At dinner this evening, Adrienne mentioned something that has crossed my mind before. She lamented how most of the moments we are now living with Aelah and Simeon will not be remembered as they grow. There is, I think, some sadness to this. They will likely not remember our trip to Loring Park today — how they preferred […]
The Message of Invincible Consolation
This booklet from Oswald Chambers is presented in two parts with subsections as outlined here. First comes The Message of Invincible Consolation. This is followed by a section titled The Worker and Things As They Are. They reflect upon the passages of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 and 2 Cor 6:1-10. The Beyond Within Therefore we do not lost heart. […]
The Fighting Chance
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or […]
Thoughts from Walking Minneapolis at Night
I sat at the coffee shop for two hours last night. They closed at 9. Still in need of space, I walked Loring Park, loitered on the walking bridge, and sat for a time on a concrete slab near the Walker Art Center – praying over Minneapolis and our part in this big city. Having grown […]