Just for fun - Flowers

In honor of May flowers ... what is your favorite flower?

Thomas Merton on living spirituality

"The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived."
-Thomas Merton, "Thoughts in Solitude"

Thomas Merton (1915 – 1968), Catholic theologian from Kentucky, studied and practiced prayer without ceasing. Of course, he was a Trappist monk living in a secluded abby in Kentucky ...

How do you find the Lord in day to day moments? ... living spirituality ...

Just for fun - Sound off!

What is your complete name? Given, confirmation, birth certificate, maiden, married - any name you've ever been given. If you have time, tell us why!

Time for ...

No time for blogging this week, although I've so much enjoyed your continuing connections with me and each other this week and have missed throwing out some new things. This week in review ...

Tuesday was my last teaching class at Vanguard. A time for grading papers and rejoicing in the Lord's gift of a semester of fun with great students. Thank you, Lord!

Thursday was the due date for the State of Ohio report. Turned out to be 23 pages with essays and pictures and table of contents and everything! Go Alex!

Friday saw Devin playing in a jazz combo at the REV Arts Festival. And me enjoying him ... and the rap band ... and the unusual "emo" poetry guy ... and the emcee who, well ... that's enough! Being a mom is great. God is better! ;-)

Busyness all week at the office with lots of clients and paperwork and a subpoena to help a client through a tough situation. Not quite a normal week. Somebody had to be praying for me!

So, no time for blogging ... but plenty of time for the Lord to be that "very present help." My dependency on him is remarkably real to me this Saturday morning.

The ball's in your court ... How did the Lord help you through this week?

Just for fun - Collections

Do you have a collection of anything?

FIESTA!

a mini-conference for women...how women celebrate life and the Lord...through good times...through hard times

9:00 am registration opens with crafts to decorate for our FIESTA!
9:30 am worship celebration...chick talk with judy rachels, susie starr, pam henderson, fran suderman...
11:30 am play mexican train dominoes, relax in girl talk, enjoy our
nacho bar with chicken, carne, rice, beans, fixings, and hot sauce!
1:00 pm chick talk returns...

We'll wrap up by 2:00 pm...$10...Crossroads Christian Center, 957 N. Cactus Road, Rialto

register by April 29th...flyers available at church...let's work out childcare together!

The Watchmaker

Here's a sweet poem and video the origins of our species ... Thanks, Liz, for sharing.

http://www.kids4truth.com/watchmaker/watch.html

Just for fun - Hot Sauce

Do you like hot sauce? On what? Mild, Medium, or HOT?

The Roman Centurion and me

pastor terry says ... the Roman Centurion had seen many crucifixions, but none like this one. Jesus on the cross was so different from any other crucifixion that he had before. Something in Jesus caused the Centurion to say, "Truly, this was the Son of God."

What do you think the Centurion saw or experienced that made him recognize Jesus as the Son of God? Or, what have YOU seen or experienced that makes YOU recognize Jesus as the Son of God?