Ordinary is not a celebrated way of being in our society. There’s nothing about mundane that rings beautiful to our soul’s ears—not in a culture where success is measured by metrics like “up and to the right,” where bigger, faster, shinier is the unspoken mantra of our lives. We inhabit a world caught up withContinue reading “Discovering God in the Ordinary”
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An Early Start to Thanksgiving
I felt like having Thanksgiving early. It’s been a difficult year. This time twelve months ago, I sat in the emergency animal hospital, Terri by my side, our Baby D in my arms as we said our goodbyes. We didn’t know when we had Thanksgiving with our family a day later that it would beContinue reading “An Early Start to Thanksgiving”
Happy birthday to my favorite human!
Today is Terri’s birthday! I’d planned on a lot of different blogposts this week and intended to catch up on reading several blogs I follow, but I’m choosing to focus on my beautiful bride today. See you on the flip side. Party on. Know you are loved. Praying for you. Praying for America. Rainer BantauContinue reading “Happy birthday to my favorite human!”
