My new salutation

I have always tried to pray with my children. They try to pray with me as well. Recently I have been bugged by their prayers, everything was “God give us a good day”; “God give us a good night sleep”; “Bless this food to our bodies”; “Help aunt so and so feel better”;...

Day 5-8

Giving Challenge. Day 5 Volunteered to help at the Carnival for the local elementary school where my kids attend. It was good. Started at 3 ended at 9. Met some nice people. Worked hard. Day 6 Gave my mother in law some of my brute strength. I helped move some things...

Day 4

Day 4 Generosity Challenge Emotional commentary My neighbor has a friend who visits every so often. They call him Big Eric. I like Big Eric. While riding bikes with my son, we stopped and talked. He told us about the “Shrink Wrap” convention that brought him to...

Day 3

Day 3 Generosity challenge Emotional commentary Sitting in my office at home the first day of the challenge, I saw something in my office that I really loved and felt the need to give it away. But I thought this would be my “go to” gift. You know, for the day when I...

Day 2

Day 2 of the generosity Challenge Emotional commentary So, as I stumbled through the pains of “spring forward” this morning, I thought about my day. What would I give, to whom? So I started thinking through my schedule for the day: of the people that I would be...