Katy’s Weblog
All the pictures and vids you see of the traffic in Saigon are all true. I am experiencing it for myself this week, and I love it.
Cars, vans, motorbikes, scooters, bicycles, pedestrians, vendors balancing 2 heavy baskets on a bamboo stick, hand-pedaled carts driven by old ladies (I don’t know how else to describe…
I’m not an adventurous traveler.
I grew up with a mother who told us to never eat street food when we were growing up in Hong Kong. She hated crowds, taught me that you can contract horrible diseases from public bathrooms, held her breath when she walked passed beggars on the street, and always wore closed-toed shoes so as not to get contaminated by dirt.
Read this on Family Life today. We pray for revival, and it starts with us, each cleaning up our own house.
A Christian leader told me about boarding a small commuter plane for a short flight out of Nashville. Moments after he settled in, a flight attendant’s voice came on the loudspeaker and said, “When…
Traveling across the world used to be a big thing. Well, it still is, if you think about the amazing airplane that not only defy gravity, but holds 200+ people and tons of luggage with it.
But most people nowadays take for granted our ability to travel thousands of miles in a relatively short time.
Due to shoulder pains when I sit at the computer, I’ve not posted.
With age comes aches and pains, and I don’t like it.
A friend said that when she keeps busy, she forgets about the pain.
I think it is a true principle that when we do things to serve others, a lot of our own pain doesn’t seem to hurt as much.
As much as I like to change things up once in a while, like repainting a wall color or moving the furniture, there is comfort in the familiar.
Take for example our church’s annual Memorial Day picnic. We knew what would be served, because it’s the same every year. In the car on the way…
“The prevailing view in our culture is that as you close out your fortieth year or so, you enter a period of aging and decline. To pair age with growth seems to be contradiction in terms. This is a myth I refuse to believe, and I want to help you shatter it as well.” (p28)
“I am celebrating 80 years as a Christian this year!”
She didn’t look a day over 70. Her face was radiant with joy, she sang the hymns with gusto, and spoke with clarity giving glory to God.
I haven’t seen too many models of older people who live with a purpose. I’ve mostly seen depressed seniors, with no meaningful work to do, simply living out their days.
People say, Let’s talk over a cup of coffee. But I don’t drink coffee.
Or they say, Let’s do lunch. But I don’t want to spend money eating out (unless they’re treating).
How about getting together to walk and talk?
In addition to being a healthier alternative, which is already a good enough reason, here are more advantages:
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