Revived By Revival

Revival.  We as Christians hear the word and are automatically taken to a week-long church meeting.  Or maybe you experienced a tent revival meeting like I did as a kid.  It was hot and the preaching was loud.  The memories are often good, especially if someone trusts Jesus or commits to turning their life around.  But what is revival really?

If You Plant Something, Water It.

Its pretty sad to watch a once beautiful lawn slowly turn brown and die.  Or whenever someone spends hundreds of dollars on a flowerbed only to see the plants wilt and become crusty (I really did just say crusty didn't I?).  It's seems like such a waste, doesn't it?  And it could have easily been avoided.

Staying Connected: A Kite Story

I took my girls kite flying today.  It was a lot of fun. The wind was just strong enough to send the kite into the sky and let the girls hang on without pulling them off their feet.  

Fences Equal Freedom

Containing kids used to be easy when they were too weak to open the gate in the backyard. Now it's too easy for them to escape.

Don't Touch Me!

If you have kids you've heard it. If you were a kid you've said it. "Don't touch me!" is the gold standard for unofficial tattling in the sibling kingdom.

Nowadays I can walk into a bathroom at a store without opening a door, the toilet flushes itself, the water at the sink automatically comes on, the soap falls in my hand, and air dries me off. And I didn't push any buttons. Or levers. We are being programmed not to touch things for health's sake. And it's working (they even make a special garden hose now to drink out of, geez).