Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: October 31, 2009
Our daughter got married this month. What a wonderful time we had with family and friends. How richly we were blessed. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was festive…thanks to our many friends who helped put it together. People came from all over the US to help us celebrate this occasion. It was also [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: August 29, 2009
“…a good and decent man who saw wrong
and tried to right it, saw suffering
and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.”
Ted Kennedy speaking at the funeral of his brother
This week we lost Ted Kennedy. I’m a conservative, but many times I’ve felt he was a little too liberal. When all was [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: July 8, 2009
Hasn’t the news been full of deaths lately? Some expected, some a shock, and most untimely. We just returned from a family reunion in Houston. It was great! We left with our souls over-flowing with love, both given and gotten. So how does this all weave together—other than the fact we were on our way [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: June 12, 2009
Last week the girls and I vacationed in the Washington, DC area, and were able to get in a few hours at the Smithsonian. As an added bonus we got to see the new Night in the Museum movie at the Air and Space Museum. What a treat! However, this week the series of museums were in the [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: May 7, 2009
I think one of the bigger issues this week has been the bill having to do with punishment for people who commit hate crimes. I’ve gotten a couple of pieces of advice from both sides of the debate. I would like to weigh-in a bit on this for my more conservative pals.
If you’ve followed this [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: November 10, 2008
I read in the newspaper about conservative churches being picketed by gay groups. I already knew that $73 million was spent on this election on the gay marriage issue. Thought: WWJD with that much money? That’s a lot of warm meals for hungry people poured down the proverbial toilet. We didn’t have that on the [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: September 6, 2008
Read a review of my book by American Library Association executive council member, Diane Chen. This is from her blog on the School Library Journal: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/830000283/post/700031070.html
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: July 22, 2008
…are the words to a popular Christian song. We sang it at CFO. As we sang I started thinking about grace being enough. You know it’s great to have grace extended to us, and (at those times) grace IS enough for us. Grace was and is all about the work that Jesus did on the cross. Yet in [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: June 6, 2008
This is probably part one of a series of thoughts on the heart.
I’ve always been conservative, and keep more of a conservative leash on myself than most people would realize. On the other hand, in the last few years I’ve tried to listen to people on the outside to understand what they’re hearing from us. [...]
Posted by: andyouinvitedmein on: May 16, 2008
…but then grace is difficult. As soon as I write something about grace, then someone close to me pierces my heart. The pain is great and instead of unconditional love, I’d rather have a ten minutes and a two-by-four.
Does it really matter what Ed McMahon thinks about you? Heavens no! However, it’s so difficult when [...]
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