At A Hen's Pace

Well, here we are at last--it's Holy Week! To me, it's more busy and exciting than getting ready for Christmas. For one thing, we...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Have you sung St. Patrick's Breastplate yet? *** Today's Scripture thought: But this is what I comman...

It's so true that sometimes anticipation is as great as the fulfillment! I have been occupied lately with administrative details, both f...

We had such a blessed Ash Wednesday service last night! It was not our first one--that was last year--but it was my first one at Light of Ch...

Tonight, the theater kids and I are all returning to DuPage County to see "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," performe...

I only have a few minutes, since today is filled with appointments.... But what a wonderful day we had yesterday at Church of the Resurrecti...

Today we are spending the day back in Illinois, at our sending church, where we attended for over 15 years before planting Light of Christ. ...

Today at church we celebrated Epiphany and Light of Christ's second birthday! Two years ago, during Epiphany, Mr. & Mrs. A held the ...

Wow!! All I can say, looking back at 2008, is, "What a wild ride!" A year ago, watching a real estate market stopped dead in its t...

The cast list is up and it looks good! We don't know what half these roles actually mean, since we've never seen this show before, ...

I'm here at Panera, for my few hours a week by myself, and I'm planning to get to Part Six... But last night, we went to see the ope...

Our bishop is amazing. Here he is, praying for Bantam17... ...and for Bantam13. For each one of our 23 confirmands, he prayed an individual...

It's back to school (and work) we go! It sure was a busy weekend though. It began at noon on Friday with a McDonald's Playland birth...

Well, the first annual all-church camping trip was a rip-roaring success, I'd say! We had five families who actually camped for one or b...

I figured it was time to update the prayer requests in my sidebar. I know that some of my readers pray so faithfully for us, and we can...

It's been a quiet evening. Blondechick15, our most verbal and somewhat high-maintenance child, is at a Christian drama camp until Frida...

After the Celebration Dinner, we picked up our kids at the A--'s house and headed over to the lake for some outdoor jazz! At least, the ...

Last night, our dear friends (in the British style, I shall call them Mr. and Mrs. A--) took us out for a celebration dinner in downtown Ken...

After a full weekend, we are all back in Wisconsin. It struck me as I was driving home that I don't know the next time I will be out of ...