Entries from November 2008

26 November 2008

It’s morning.. and I actually like it..

I’m not usually a morning person. But this morning I am. I’m house-sitting for some friends and it just happened that a 9a meeting was canceled for this morning and today got to sleep in until 9:30a! Not only that, but I have a cup of fresh ground, brewed Dunn Bros coffee. This kind of [...]

25 November 2008

Memory Lane & the notes of history..

Last night I took a trip down memory lane and re-read my blog posts from the last year. It’s been a year full of change with plenty of ups and downs along the way to make it interesting. I think that it’s this season, this time of year that makes me want to reflect. As [...]

21 November 2008

Coffee & Croissants

For my birthday this summer, a dear friend gave me a gift card to a little French restaurant/ cafĂ© called Aixois. It is my newest retreat. I’m sitting here sipping a Carmel lattĂ© and munching on a chocolate croissant. It’s so nice to get away from my normal circles and into a cute little neighborhood [...]

17 November 2008

Just a taste..

Here in the western world, we have yet to really experience persecution. Here in America, we have the luxury of freedom. Freedom to express our faith, freedom to gather peaceably, freedom of speech:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of [...]

6 November 2008

Back to reality… kind of.

Vacation was fun :) Although I’m not as rested as I had hoped, but it was a good time to relax nonetheless. Now back in action, the combination of GBF (IHOP-KC’s monthly three days of fasting) and the elections and subsequent outcome, I don’t really feel like I’m in the real world yet. Or maybe [...]