I took a long walk through my neighbourhood tonight. I left the music off for once. I did not run. Just walked. It was close to 9 when I left. The sky had been threatening to rain all day and despite the clouds and heaviness in the air we hadn’t gotten our typical June pouring thunderstorm. Instead it was more like spitty English rain as I walked. But it was so refreshing. Not cold the way English rain would be. The air was warm and the rain was just slightly cool. In that you didn’t realize you were cold until you touched … Continue reading Rainbows and walking

I started going there when I was about 18. It was the first church I picked myself and learnt to settle in and serve in on my own without my parents. I had looked for the better part of a year and basically church hopped with friends which I am glad is not a habit I kept up for life. Just before I went off to college I ended up settling at Christ Community Chapel (still called Hudson Chapel back then and I still get the name wrong sometimes!) I can’t remember why exactly I ended up picking it.. probably … Continue reading Bone Marrow Drives, My Church and the Cross.. reflections of the week..

http://www.fbc.org.ky/category/sermons/ I am loving these sermons from 1st Baptist Church of the Caymen Islands. Really great on a lot of big questions. Christian or not a Christian.. they are worth a listen to on 1st John ..  Continue reading Good stuff from the Caymen Islands..

Well, aside from my normal rants and rambles I have a post I’d love you to all take a moment and act on. I was friends with James in high school and his wife Amelia was just diagnosed with her second bout of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a very aggressive cancer. There is no match for an urgent bone marrow transplant that she is in desperate need of. This weekend my church Christ Community Chapel has opened its doors to let us have a bone marrow drive for her and utilize church traffic. If you are in northeast Ohio and can … Continue reading Could you help save Amelia?

My nephew is 3 and a bit. He can’t talk very much yet. I have a name that is not that easy for little kids to say and my nephew has decided to take his time in the talking department. I was DELIGHTED three weeks ago when he busted out with an “Aunt Christy!” Very triumphantly he proclaimed it in the back seat of my sister in laws car while we were on a trip across town. He then managed to get out “Aunt Christy Aunt Christy Aunt Christy” a lot the rest of the night. It was adorable and … Continue reading My three year old nephew and Beyonce

Our love can either be hindered or enhanced depending on our grasp of the love of God towards us.  Continue reading On loving people

I am a firm believer that one needs to shift and grow throughout life. One of my biggest fears is reaching stagnation and getting to a place where I am not teachable and not hungry to learn. Open-mindedness. Kind of. But it’s not the word I am quite looking for because the way it comes across in our culture.. “your mind needs to start open and stay open” would be our colloquial definition. Well I say if that is the case.. nothing will stay in the mind and everything will fall out and you will have nothing left of worth … Continue reading #9 How Can I Know I’ll go to Heaven? Assurance.