Category: Summer Challenge

Challenge: Get Busy Unpacking!

07/22/2014Spiritual Walk, Summer Challenge, , Leave a comment

Last week we helped our kids move into their new house in Buford, Georgia. Moving is a chore we are familiar with. Brian and I moved ten times during the first 17 years of our marriage. Half of those times a moving company took care of the packing, loading, transporting and unloading, but we always chose to unpack ourselves.

That meant a lot of paper! Seas of paper! It’s the only way to make sure nothing gets broken, and moving companies don’t want anything to break.

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When Dan and Bob were small, unpack more here

Challenge: Dive In!

07/15/2014Spiritual Walk, Summer Challenge 4 Comments

The fourth of July is past. It’s the middle of summer. The kids are bored. The days are hot. The lawn is drying out. The garden needs weeded. Can we go to the pool?

There are few things more refreshing than a dip in the pool on a hot summer day. Just
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Challenge: Don’t Move Away!

07/08/2014Spiritual Walk, Summer Challenge, , 11 Comments

Just before noon on Saturday, our son and his family pulled out of the driveway of their home in Illinois for the last time. They’re moving to Georgia, a new house, and a new set of friends, a new church and new schools. They’re moving away.

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We hugged them, we watched them pull away, and we drove home in silence. When I walked in the front door, I heard the quiet of continue here

Challenge: Hug Daddy Tight!

06/24/2014Spiritual Walk, Summer Challenge 8 Comments

Transitions are not easy and my son and his family, are in the midst of transition. My son’s job has separated his family for months; the weekends are too short and the weeks are too long.

My daughter-in-law has done a marvelous job of single-parenting, but the boys also need their dad. They need a hug from Daddy in the morning, and they need to know Daddy will find more here

Challenge: Receive the Gifts!

06/17/2014Spiritual Walk, Summer Challenge, 8 Comments

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On mother’s Day, our grandson, Jake, was quietly bothered that there were no gifts for his grandpas. When we got up to leave, Jake ran to his room, grabbed a couple of his best diggers, hurried back down and gave them to his grandpas.

It cost Jake a lot to give away two diggers. Jake loves his excavators, backhoes, and bulldozers. He treats them as if they are his children; he disciplines them when they act up, tucks them in at night, kisses and hugs them, and dig deeper here