Adventures in La La Land

I'm doing a Jen Wilkin study of Hebrews , and wanted to flesh out some thoughts it inspired. This is long because I process through writing, but perhaps you'll be as encouraged by it as I was. Week One was over chapters 1 and 2 . When I first read them, the author seemed all over the place. But through careful study, and help from Jen, some patterns emerged.  He begins with the question: Who is Jesus Christ? Then he chooses one facet of Jesus to focus on in response to a problem prevalent in the early church of worshiping angels. He spends most of the rest of chapter one explaining why Jesus is better than the angels. And then, in light of the facts about who Jesus is and why he's better than these mysterious beings people are so drawn to, the author gives a warning: Do not drift away. Remember these things that are true about Jesus and hold firm. The fact that he gives this warning during this portion of the book makes me think that understanding the supremacy of Christ is...

1. I read 19 books in the month of July. I should really get a life. Lol. I've already gushed about Emma M. Lion. When we did our Screen Free Week after Soccer Camp, I stocked up on physical books from the library and went on a Pepper Basham tear. I love some of her earlier stuff, but she seems to have carved out a new niche for herself in the Christian Fiction community of "fun and frothy." The books are still good, but they lack the depth of her earlier work, so they were almost all a solid 3 stars for me. I love Goodreads and have used it to track my reading for years, but this year I'm trying another book-tracking app called The Storygraph. I like the community aspect of Goodreads more, but Storygraph makes really cool graphics: 2. Outside of reading, my other new obsession is Merriam Webster word games. I don't even remember how I stumbled upon it, but obsessed might be putting it lightly. This is exactly why I can't have games on my phone. I have no self...

1. We survived another year of Soccer Camp!  It was definitely our hottest year yet. Temps in the 90s every day had us finding creative solutions to keep kids cool. We bought a couple of misting fans, held our lessons inside, encouraged water breaks, and ended up buying each coach a spray bottle so they could spray kids with water throughout the night. Kind of like cats. Haha. I bought Lena and Levi neck fans. Lucy and I stayed inside the church as much as possible. And Justin is tougher than all of us. 2. I had fewer responsibilities than usual, since I delegated a couple things after stressing myself out last year. I'm still the content, marketing, and communication girl, though. I made all kinds of handouts and flyers and whatnot, then spent a good deal of time with the paper cutter in the office. Levi actually came to help me and insisted on using the paper cutter. Sometimes I get sick of arguing and figure, "if he chops off a finger, hopefully he'll learn his lesson....