i am so ready for the holidays.

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sunday, sunday, sunday (sorry, i’ve always wanted to do that…)

i’ll be teaching along side pastor joe carmichael at community of hope church in mansfield, tx.

community of hope is in a “…like dummies” series and this weekend will be “working like dummies.”

we’ll be talking about the effects of stress and burnout, what happened to some people who got burned out in the bible, and steps you can take to prevent it and heal from it!

very mad church disease types of stuff!

so, if you’re in the area (or want to take a drive!) here’s the info. i’d love to meet you!

community of hope
1800 e debbie lane
mansfield, tx
(directions here)
9:30 am & 11 am services

not in texas (or not willing to drive here? i don’t know why you wouldn’t!) check out my speaking schedule here…maybe i’ll be somewhere around where you live in the next couple of months!

(prayers also greatly appreciated…please leave them in this container as you exit the blog…)

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miles from home, i write from my lower greenville third place. i’ve watched people come and go. i’ve watched the sun set. my focus is lacking tonight as my list of things-to-write increases ever so slightly.

my heart; fickle as of late. questioning things. what? here? now? when? how? what? where?

i love the fact i cannot be spontaneous. it runs completely against my nature.

otherwise?

i’d be on a coast somewhere looking up at the stars. and nobody would know.

settle down, wandering mind…quiet yourself, duskdreamer.

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For those of you who ordered the “be.” t-shirts, they were a little late in arriving than I had originally planned. We do have them and are preparing to mail them (it’s a lot of shirts!) however some brilliant person out there used my PayPal account to take money out of the savings account (to which it is linked) and until this “investigation” is done, I can’t access my PayPal account - which means - I CAN’T ACCESS YOUR SHIRT SIZE ORDERED, QUANTITY ORDERED, or MAILING ADDRESS.

If you are cool with waiting a while, let me know but if you feel comfortable sending me that information, please use the contact me link on the right either way.

Sorry about this. And I must say as frustrating as it is having your (small) savings account wiped out, Bank of America is handling the process quite professionally.

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there are a few different thoughts out there on church membership. some people think a formal church membership (through taking classes, signing forms, and being listed on a record of some kind) is biblical. others think that church membership is subjective, meaning you are a member of a body of believers to whom you are committed, but no formality is required. others think it’s completely nonessential to technically be a part of a local body of believers. a “between god and me” kind of relationship.

what are your thoughts on church membership? if you have contextual Biblical references for such, don’t forget to leave them.

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a pile of laundry awaits me to transition it from dirty-to-clean. our apartment needs a good vacuuming and dusting. i have quite a bit of writing i need to accomplish today, but with our second car sporting a fresh flat tire, i cannot drive to my favorite writing spot in the west village until after my husband gets home. words flow out of the woodwork there.

a year ago this week, chris and i were finishing the little things for our fall trip to scotland. i can’t believe it’s been a year. i miss it terribly. this year, we have been attempting to pay down our debt (credit cards - almost gone…medical…well, we still have a long way to go. thank you gallbladder.) our leisure travel has been limited to destinations on I-35…austin, oklahoma city, kansas city.

so, here i am…sunday daydreaming of three places i have never been, and desperately want to visit (american-ly speaking):

-new york city
-boston
-seattle

what 3 US cities would you like to visit?

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