I love football. Specifically, I love football coaches. More specifically, I love Tony Dungy. I love him so much that I’m currently reading his memoir “Quiet Strength”. I have devoured the book and read it every chance I get. It’s like getting to talk with a dad, or a grandfather (my mom says she is [...]
Archive for the ‘Marie’ Category
A Message from Guest Pastor Tony Dungy
February 5, 2008
Pride & Prejudice… and Joy?
December 12, 2007
Jessica brought our lesson this Sunday. Being the Queen of Succint, her “scene” consisted of those precious seconds of ”Pride & Prejudice” (the Kiera Knightley one) before the title has even appeared. I don’t really know how to do the scene justice except to have you close your eyes and imagine a beautiful sunrise coming up behind English [...]
“Blood”y Good Movie
November 27, 2007
We watched “Blood Diamond” on Saturday for Nate’s “Movie Sermon”. Mark and I were hesitant. I had avoided the movie because it looked boring, political and DiCaprio gets on my nerves. I was pretty sure Nate was off base with picking this as his “I learned about God in this movie” movie. I was wrong. Nate [...]
Pre-Partying
November 21, 2007
I remember first hearing about ‘pre-partying’ in college. I don’t remember what it means exactly, but I remember that it involved being significantly “under the influence” before stepping out to the “real parties”. Well, I like to think that our dinner last night was some type of “pre-partying” for Thanksgiving. Our DiGiornio pizza night seemed [...]
Dinner Time
November 20, 2007
Tonight we are having dinner together. I think a normal post would wait until after the dinner so that I could share amusing anecdotes and wonderful insights into the community that is being formed around the dinner table, but that would be… normal. And I’m not normal, and these Living Room Church cats are way [...]
Sunday Reflection
November 13, 2007
This Sunday the Karate Kid (a.k.a. Mark) taught the lesson about success being a process, not an end result. That our mistakes and missteps are as much a part of God’s plan as our ‘right moves’. Our efforts to make it through this obstacle course we fondly refer to as Life without a single misstep [...]
We See You
October 16, 2007
It’s hard to hide in the Living Room. You can’t stay in bed assured no one will feel your absence. No one can forget to ask you how your week was. Shaking hands with a stranger will not be your most intimate connection of the day. None of these things can happen in the Living [...]
Birth of Living Room Communion
October 10, 2007
A few weeks ago Sarah mentioned going to visit a friend’s church so that she could take part in Communion Sunday. She said she missed the tradition. She needed the tradition. My heart hurt. Because I would miss Sarah’s presence in the Living Room, and because I missed the tradition, too. I secretly wanted to [...]
