Here’s another couple of Mother’s Day related posts, both from Mental Floss. The first deals with the efforts of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother’s Day to have the observance abolished: Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis was dining at the Tea Room at Wanamaker’s department store in Philadelphia. She saw they were offering …
Rebecca Reynolds has posted this poem, entitled Mother’s Day, at the Rabbit Room. In achingly beautiful words it maps out a life experience some women deal every day, not just once a year. I remember what it was like to want a baby. I remember how it felt to walk through the grocery store watching …
Kevin De Young maps out the emotional and productivity patterns of the week long process of sermon preparation. Monday – I’m so glad it’s my day off. Yesterday’s sermon was terrible. Maybe this week will be better. Tuesday AM – I better get some emails done and get the blog lined up. If I can …
Gerrit Gustafson’s Only By Grace has wonderful lyrics and a very inviting melody. The song is so good that even though there are not a lot of lyrics, those that are there bear repeating. Great song for a corporate confession or beginning of worship. The lyrics: Only by grace can we enter Only by grace …
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