Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Saturday Six

One.


I have a heart that loves old churches and schoolhouses remade into homes. SO. MUCH. CHARACTER. Like this one

Two.

Ryan and I just had a discussion a few days ago about the whole concept that we {the greater "we" - not just the two of us} feel like we have to have some huge platform to have effective ministry. This is a well-written post on why that is absolutely NOT true.

Three.
I love it when God plants a dream and brings it to pass. LOVE IT. I am also a HUGE fan of the HGTV show Fixer Upper and Chip and Joanna Gaines, who host it. Joanna's most recent blog post about her dream of these silos is a goose-bump inducing reminder of how God specializes in impossible dreams!

Four.

Earlier this week, I confirmed an interview for Lynne with Heather Zempel, author of Amazed and Confused. I went to Heather's website to copy the web link into our materials and this post was at the top of her page. Timely for us in our current season...perhaps timely for you, too? What do you pray in the land of "if not"?

Five.


And speaking of our current season...another great piece of writing... this one by Laurie Wallin - on standing. Waiting.   So hard to do. But such a necessary part of the journey.

Six.
 Christmas is coming, you know. I am SO not ready for it. SO not ready. {From the gift-buying perspective. I am actually ready for everything else!!} I've told you about these books before, but it's been a long time, and in case you have kids in your life, I wanted to tell you again. My friend Brent Vernon has written and illustrated 3 children's books about Audrey Amaka, the neckless giraffe. These books are SO GOOD. Brent is so talented and I'm proud of him for publishing these. {I only wish I lived closer to him so I could go to the live parties at Christmas!} So anyway. Here's the website for the books - and I promise they would be worth the purchase!

2 comments:

Elisa said...

I enjoy watching Fixer Upper too!! SOOO GOOD! :)

Bekah said...

I want to live next door to Chip and JoJo.