I don’t know this family, but I know this is extraordinarily powerful. 🖤

“Now we have no more cookies to eat,” said Toad sadly. “Not even one.” “Yes,” said Frog, “but we have lots and lots of willpower.” “You may keep it all, Frog,” said Toad. “I am going home now to bake a cake.”

I like everything about the idea of a peanut butter and bacon sandwich, except how it tastes. It tastes gross.

I will purchase and consume anything and everything that has the “Triple Ginger” branding from Trader Joe’s

Forgive me for bringing this up once more, but in “Mary Poppins” when all the chimney sweeps pour into the Banks home from the fireplace, the cook screams “They’re at it again!”which implies that this has happened to her before & that is, I think, the funniest thing in the world.

Researchers in America have found that the faster religious attendance falls in a state, the more “deaths of despair” rise. These include drug overdoses, alcohol-related illness and suicides econ.st/3xUOhJA

24! I’m Impressed

Im chewing on this idea I heard recently: “Solo Pastors of small and medium sized churches have to be able to “shepherd” people and “manage” the day to day business of an organization. Two distinctly different skills, and it’s no wonder they’re exhausted.” Truth to this?

#Latrobe

Wife reads to the kids at night in our bed. I usually have to pick them up and move them. I usually get annoyed. Then I think “this could be the last time” so I keep picking them up.

RPs are Ravenclaw PCA is Gryffindor EPC is Hufflepuff PCUSA is Slytherin Baptists are Muggles Ironically, Anglicans go to Beauxbaton And the Orthodox go to Durnatrang

I told my son the story of when I tried to leave the Christian faith, in simple terms he could understand. I told my son the resurrection keeps me, I am convinced. If Jesus rose, then it’s all true. Good Sabbath, and Happy Resurrection Day

On a less serious note I once opened an Easter Sunday sermon with a joke that juxtaposed the resurrection with Groundhog Day. Not the singular, but probably one of the reasons I’m not a pastor anymore.

Maps twist our perception of the world Here are 20 to rethink it: 1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are (map by Neil Kaye)

I love Andrew Peterson and I love the song but now I can’t not think of this image when it plays #isheworthy #catpics #christianmusic

As we approach the PCA’s 50th General Assembly, official #pcaga tribute music is starting to drop in preparation for this historic celebration. I look forward to hearing it live at the PCA 50th Anniversary Concert. Here’s your exclusive sneak peak: youtube.com/watch?v=RVtXaT…

States I’d like to live in I ever moved out of PA 1. Western North Carolina 2. Maine 3. Washington 4. Oregon 5. Virginia

Harry and Tim both shared kind words with me at times I didn’t think I deserved them, both shaped my thinking, and are both at rest. Further up, and further in.

What does it look like to celebrate a milestone while also grieving a string of losses? Perhaps it looks like coming together, lifting voices and broken hearts to God, asking for strength for today and hope for tomorrow.

For the record: You can still be a good and faithful servant without being known on a national level.