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What Are You Thinking (and other thoughts I have while watching Trading Spaces)

Even though I was born in the seventies, I consider the nineties my decade. Even now I love the music (DC TALK and NEWBOYS rock!), the movies, (I mean, do they even make movies like “You’ve Got Mail” and “While You Were Sleeping” anymore?), and of course, the TV shows. That’s why I was so excited when the classic DIY show, “Trading Spaces” came back on the air last spring. Gotta admit—-I still love the show! Even though the cast has aged (Ty Pennington is now in his fifties!), it’s still fun watching two couples exchange houses to redesign a room in the other’s home. I still can’t decide what I enjoy more—-the crazy designs or the shock value when the rooms are finally revealed. I

Bless This Mess: When God's Adventure Gets Messy

If I close my eyes and concentrate, I can almost picture it: our finished office space. In my mind, it’s beautiful. Even more importantly, there’s room for everything: we can film videos without turning the house upside down, there’s a space for Jamie to podcast (without the rest of the house having to be pin-drop quiet), I have a corner to write, and a nice big space for desks and filing cabinets. For months, as we’ve been talking about starting the project of converting our existing garage into 4One Ministries office space, I’ve had this picture in my mind. Well, last weekend, our vision started to become a reality as we took the first steps in the construction process. Almost i

What are you doing today that you thought was sin 15 years ago?

"What are you doing today that you thought was sin 15 years ago?" I’ve been thinking a lot about this question lately. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t triggered by one thing or one person, but instead, by many incidents of people talking or sharing on social media about participating in activities that they used to consider sin. I’m been wondering: “What changed? What made it wrong then and alright now? What made you change your mind?” Even more, I’ve been looking at my own life and asking: How does this question apply to me? Am I participating in activities that I once considered “off-limits”? Have I changed? Am I compromising? Trust me when I say that I’m not trying to be judg

Let's Talk Legacy

This afternoon Jamie and I made halupkis for dinner. For those of you who don’t live in my neck of the woods, a halupki is a traditional Czechoslovakian/Polish meal of meat wrapped in cabbage and cooked in tomato sauce. Since my grandmother was a Czech immigrant, it was a family tradition at our house. It’s also a lot of work to make! As Jamie and I were working together, delicately wrapping and sealing each individual halupki in cabbage, my mind wandered toward my Mom and grandma and all of the hours that they spent doing this same task. I wondered, "What they were thinking about when they made this meal? What were they concerned about? What was going on in their lives?" I remembere

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