Christmas @ St. Francis’ House – Redeaux

This is a reprint of one of my favorite — and longest — post.
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A friend of mine tells a story about walking through his neighborhood a few weeks before Christmas years ago. Here in Houston it never gets too cold so walks in December aren’t unusual. Anyway, as he approached one house, he noticed the [...]

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4 Years Ago

4 years ago tonight God blessed our family with a beautiful rose, Malia Rose. It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years. Sometimes it feels like much more than four, most times it feels like much less.
Malia is more than I could have ever imagined. In many ways, the last four years have been [...]

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Quote of the Week

From 30 Rock:
“God, I want to kiss you on the mouth to stop you from saying such ridiculous things.”
– Jack Donaghey

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The Ninth Year!

Today is the day!
I joined the Bering Drive church and staff 8 years ago today.
Tomorrow I begin my 9th year serving this church.
Who woulda thought?
The church’s best years are ahead of her.
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One of my favorite lines from 30 Rock:
“The Black Crusaders are a secret group of powerful black Americans. Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey are [...]

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Christmas Conspiracy – Ten Thousand Villages

At my house, we’re in Christmas mode! No trees decorated or stockings hung by the chimney, but when you’re on a budget you have to get started before the Thanksgiving Day starting gun goes off.
As always, Rochelle, Malia, Katharine and I, are looking for ways to make our dollars go farther. Not just in the [...]

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Books and Tina Fey

The Writer’s Guild strike is under way. I’m not looking forward to January, should the strike continue, when there won’t be any new episodes of 30 Rock. But I’m surprised by the people who are truly worried about their soap operas, late-night talk shows, and prime-time addictions going away.
I typically don’t like strikes, but this [...]

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