I have been in Salt Lake City exact­ly one month. Our apart­ment is great (albeit with a tiny kitchen), we have our Utah dri­ver licens­es and our plates (Har­ry Pot­ter themed, of course), and I’ve found a Luther­an church. The… Read morefirst impres­sions

Almost exact­ly one year ago, we decid­ed we were going to move west. We love Kansas City, but we’ve been here for five years, and it’s time for a new adven­ture. We want moun­tains and a more tem­per­ate cli­mate and… Read moremov­ing

In the past few years, I’ve been mak­ing an effort to read more. I start­ed by read­ing non-fic­­tion, and though that was nice (and edu­ca­tion­al), I want­ed to expand my hori­zons by read­ing more fic­tion. Here’s what I’ve been read­ing… Read moreWhat I’ve Been Read­ing

I host­ed a baby show­er for my sis­ter-in-law recent­ly, and it was pret­ty fun. It was an after­noon tea, com­plete with home­made clot­ted cream. No spec­i­fied col­ors, but she want­ed owls, so I did yel­low and laven­der (and owls, of… Read morebaby show­er

The read­ings for this were from Jon­ah and from the first chap­ter of Mark. I want to talk about dis­ci­ple­ship and fol­low­ing God today. We get three views of what it means to respond to God’s call in these lessons.… Read moredis­ci­ple­ship ser­mon

So a few months ago, I took over a ser­vice at a nurs­ing home once a month. I had been play­ing piano for the ser­vices for a while before I was asked to lead the ser­vice as well. Some­times it’s… Read morebelong­ing ser­mon

My theme for this year, as a New Year’s Res­o­lu­tion, is dis­ci­pline. Since I closed up my law firm, I’d been rather undis­ci­plined — sleep­ing late and too much, eat­ing too much, watch­ing too much TV, drink­ing too fre­quent­ly (rarely… Read moredis­ci­pline

A good friend got mar­ried last week­end. It was a won­der­ful cer­e­mo­ny and a fun recep­tion. As one of the brides­maids, I elect­ed to bring the emer­gency kit for the day. And this was the emer­gency kit to end all… Read morebridal emer­gency kit

This may be a lit­tle macabre, but I’ve been think­ing about what I want things to be like when I die. I closed my law firm offi­cial­ly last week. I just was­n’t hap­py prac­tic­ing law, and I real­ized that when… Read moreWhen I Die…

I have three days left for my month-long chal­lenge, and while I’ve had a blast, I’ll be glad to start using my slow cook­er only a few times a week instead of every day. It’s pro­duced SO MUCH FOOD. I… Read moreUpdate on slow cook­ing