2013 May-June: Ball’s Rolling

For an overview of the most recent few weeks (and one reason there haven’t been any blog posts), see the article on Sim Games: A Metaphor.  I’m starting to climb out of the dangerous hole I’d wandered into, and with a low-cardio high-ministry week coming up, I should be in fine shape soon.  At least, …

Success

I DID IT!!  Ok, truth be told, Jesus did it – all of it – but He did let me participate.  It’s rather like the memories I have of running electric with my dad in my young apprentice years.  He made the plans, set the studs, marked the measurements, drilled the holes, and then said …

2013 April: In a Year

Ahhh…graduation season…  several of my friends have done the tassel flip & cap toss in recent weeks, as I did about this time last year.  What a year it has been! There was the discussion with my mom a few months prior that led to the ring I’ve worn for just over a year now.  …

Deaf Kids Connect

Our name has changed, but the need remains the same. Jesus loves me, this I knowfor the Bible tells me so.Little ones to Him belong –they are weak, but He is strong. Anna Bartlett Warner (1827–1915) Generations of mothers, fathers, babysitters and other caretakers have sung or hummed this song while rocking a small child. Many …

The Mantle is Passed

My aunt Ruth Jarrell died recently, after my Divinely arranged meeting with the Executive Director of Silent Blessings.  She and my uncle were full time missionaries in the British Isles.  He died suddenly either before I was born or while I was an infant.  My memories of Ruth are few and short.  I remember watching …