So, my last blog was about all the hail we got the other night, which truly, I thought was pretty impressive UNTIL I got a picture from my daughter-in-law, Erin. She, and our son, Paul, live in Rosemount, MN and they got WAY more hail than we did. Ours, by comparison, looks like wimpy hail….
The Sky is Falling!
Scott and I were in the middle of an intense game of scrabble this evening when rocks started hitting the house, or at least that’s what it sounded like. Turns out it was hail! I’ve seen pictures of severe hail in other Minnesota cities but in the 31 years I’ve lived here, it’s never been…
What If I Give All?
There is a song from a few years back, o.k., maybe 10 or 15 years back, called What If I Give All? It’s a song about a little boy who hears his preacher say that just 10¢ will feed a child. He pulls out the dollar in his pocket and asks his mom how many…
It Took a Legion of Angels . . . .
Our youngest son, Scott, spent last weekend driving home from his second year of college in Portland, Oregon. It’s a long drive and we had no idea how much we should have been praying. We prayed, of course, that he’d have a safe trip home, but we had no idea we should have been praying…
Sharing the Mission
This week I spoke to a group of kids at a local Catholic school, grades 1 – 5, about our mission trip to Africa. I’ll be honest, when I was asked to speak I really wanted to say no. I had no idea what to say to these innocent little children. You see, there aren’t…