Humiliation versus Humbling

Humiliation is not a choice. Humbling often is. 
The difference between these two became very clear to me this past Sunday. While running sound everything went wrong. Stuff broke. Things were not working. The sound mix was bad. And it was abundantly clear to several hundred people, including many leaders that I highly respect. Not my [...]

Happy Birthday IHOP!

I totally forgot to say!
Yesterday was IHOP’s 9 year anniversary. May 7th, 1999 we began prayer for 12 hours a day, then on Sept. 19th, 1999 we went 24-7. 

It was a good day. Nothing crazy happened in the prayer room, but we pressed in for healing again, we finished a 3 day fast, and it [...]

Well, hello to the 3 of you still reading this blog…

I took a loooong break from blogging. This past month I have been doing a lot of transitioning (between teams) at IHOP and I have been trying to keep my classes at The Daniel Academy together. Planning lessons and grading papers tends to take the creative blogging out of me. ;-/ 
However, after 1 [...]

A lesson well-learned

Phew! I learned a very important lesson today.
When fasting, do not try to be Superwoman. Leaving aside the reference to super-hero characters. (I actually was never much of a fan of superwoman, I preferred batman or dark-wing duck). However, I do seem to have this habit of trying to do things ‘all or nothing’. 
Like when [...]

He is the Potter

A few days ago I was reading a book by a well-known Christian lady. She is one of the ‘mothers’ of our faith, a woman who stood as strong for Christ 50 years ago as she is doing today. I was struck, in a very timely way, about a certain aspect of her faith.
In our [...]

News-ish-ness

I find it somewhat disturbing that young girls are being pursued by the make-up and beauty industry at the age of 6 yrs old. This article sort of paints it as “isn’t it interesting that our culture is moving this way”. I don’t think so. In my opinion it’s more an indication of the troubling nature of [...]

It’s not rocket science.

I discovered something this week, that I want to share with you all. It may come as a surprise, but…I need sleep.
Now former roommates have noticed the above, and even teased me about it. I actually have faced a lot of ridicule over the years about my need for sleep. The fact is, if [...]

I got a Mac!

Woo Hoo! I just bought my first mac!  I know so typical – I spent quite a bit of time playing with the photo booth. I like this picture… just me doing the moon walk.  Well, enough posting, I have a lot of data to transfer over from my old dell.

Ooops… maybe a dog instead

Oh dear. I went to wayside waifs yesterday. And fell in love with… a dog. [Note: clearly I am having second thoughts after the previous post]
I don’t know if it will work out, but here is a picture so you all can see how cute he is.

His name is Mac. He is 8 yrs [...]

Adopting

…a cat
So, I am not exactly in the flow of other IHOP folks; no babies here. But then again I don’t own a house and my family consists of one. me.
However, I have decided to get a cat! I dropped by wayside waifs today, to meet a few furry creatures. Of course, the first thing [...]