Psalm 130
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
2 O Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness;
therefore you are feared.
5 I [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Advent begins—let’s get ready to wait
Posted in psalms on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
sad Christmas songs
Posted in emotions, music on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thanksgiving with alternative families
Posted in emotions, family, food, friendship on November 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
NOTE TO DAD: No, the white patch in the picture is not due to editing. No, I did not have a beer can in my hands. The white patch is a tissue. See the kleenex box?
Today I celebrated Thanksgiving with my group of guy friends (plus I spent two hours at a coworker’s house). Highlights of [...]
3,300 free turkeys
Posted in missionary, work on November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My workplace has two big turkey giveaways, one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. Today was my first taste of all the work involved. I tossed turkeys on an assembly line, bagged potatoes & apples, directed traffic, coordinated volunteers, broke down cardboard boxes, and lost my voice. I thought about taking pictures of the enormous [...]
culinary skills revisited
Posted in food, friendship on November 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A year ago this month, I posted about making Hamburger Helper for my guy friends. Ha! What an amateur. Now I have new guy friends and a new set of culinary skills to wow ‘em with. On Thanksgiving I will be spending most of the day with these fellows, watching football and sampling their dishes [...]
born-again/always-born
Posted in God, family, psalms on November 20, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I used to think there was something wrong with me when I couldn’t remember a specific event at which I became a Christian, or “gave my heart to Jesus.” The truth was, I couldn’t remember a time when I didn’t have a relationship with God. I was talking to my boss and the bishop of [...]
mommy and me
Posted in family on November 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
When I was in elementary school, my mom would sometimes leave little notes in my school lunchbox. I remember one day, perhaps in first or second grade, she left me a Barbie bookmark. I have kept it all these years. I liked it so much I drew a smiley face on it, wanting to convey [...]
Antelope Island take two
Posted in Utah, family, nature on November 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Me with my aunt! We have such great genes.
Check out those freakin’ sweet hiking boots. Thanks, Dad.
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if I tipped over to my right and just rolled off the cliff?
what I may believe, or will believe, or do believe
Posted in God on November 10, 2008 | 12 Comments »
So precious is a person’s faith in God,
so precious;
never should we harm that.
Because He gave birth to
all religions.
—a poem by St. Francis of Assisi
visiting Park City, UT with my aunt
Posted in Utah, emotions, family, food, nature on November 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Aunt Amy flew in from Philadelphia to spend the weekend with me. This was my first flesh-and-blood contact with family in three months. It was much needed.
We went on a short hike near Memory Grove Park and City Creek in Salt Lake City:
We spent yesterday going shopping and getting pampered in Park City, about 30 [...]
