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Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 10:00
I am so ready to move to Wales, but I am trying to make myself enjoy and take advantage of these…
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 10:00
Holy cow we are over halfway through the year now! 2020 sure has turned out a lot differently than…
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 10:00
This sermon was preached for Notting Hill Methodist Church on Sunday, July 5th, 2020. We are still…
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 15:33
1. Walk 20 minutes a day
Done! Soon I'm going to start biking though - an E-bike is on its way to…
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 10:00
Author’s Note: I stopped blogging regularly in 2020, but now in 2023, I am using Google Photos and…
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:48
When working on losing weight, it is so easy to get focused on the numbers on the scale. But any…
Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 10:00
1. Walk 20 minutes a day
We had a couple of really hot days this week so we would just wait to walk…
Monday, June 22, 2020 - 10:00
This sermon was preached for Notting Hill Methodist Church on Sunday, June 21, 2020. We are still…
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 10:00
Since we arrived in London shortly before the lockdown we have, for obvious reasons, not done much…
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 10:00
In this time of social distancing we have had to get creative with ways to spend time with family…
Sunday, June 14, 2020 - 10:00
1. Walk 20 minutes a day
We've been walking for about an hour every evening. It is a lovely time…
Monday, June 8, 2020 - 10:00
I must confess, I have never been much of a plant person. You know how some people are known for…
Sunday, June 7, 2020 - 10:00
We've got about 10 weeks left here in London and we are both getting antsy to move to Wales. As…
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 10:00
This sermon was preached at Notting Hill Methodist Church in London, England, on Sunday May 31,…
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 10:00
I had a lot of other things on my list to write about this week. But I just can't bring myself to…
Sunday, May 31, 2020 - 10:00
This week was better! I am feeling more energized and motivated, I hope this keeps up.
1. Walk 20…
Sunday, May 31, 2020 - 10:00
Author’s Note: I stopped blogging regularly in 2020, but now in 2023, I am using Google Photos and…
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 10:00
Now that I am officially living and working in the UK, I have a UK bank account! Believe me, I felt…
Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 10:00
This week was better! I am feeling more energized and motivated, I hope this keeps up.
1. Walk 20…
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 10:00
Has anyone else been feeling a bit...stuck, lately?
When I first learned we were going into…
Monday, May 18, 2020 - 10:00
Like many of you, I imagine, a new sort of technology has entered my life over the last couple of…
Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 10:00
This week was better! I am feeling more energized and motivated, I hope this keeps up.
1. Walk 20…
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 10:00
Precisely ten years ago yesterday, I graduated from the Candler School of Theology at Emory…
Sunday, May 10, 2020 - 10:00
This week was better! I am feeling more energized and motivated, I hope this keeps up.
1. Walk 20…
Sunday, May 3, 2020 - 10:00
This week was better! I am feeling more energized and motivated, I hope this keeps up.
1. Walk 20…
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 10:00
Author's Note: I stopped blogging regularly in 2020, but now in 2023 I am using Google Photos and…
Monday, April 27, 2020 - 10:00
I first wrote about my paper crane project for 2020 back on January 9th. I am proud to say that I…
Sunday, April 26, 2020 - 10:00
Okay, okay, yes, I have been slacking on the blog.
What can I say, my real-life job has taken over…
Monday, April 6, 2020 - 10:00
Quarantine is hard, y'all. I know you all are feeling this, too. I know we are making these…
Sunday, April 5, 2020 - 10:00
Weirdly, the days and week seem to be flying by even though we are on lockdown. Maybe because it…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 10:00
We have officially been living in our flat in Notting Hill for about two weeks now. So I figure it'…
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 15:00
In March of 2020, the pandemic hit hard right when we were moving to London. In the absolute chaos…
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 10:00
Last week I was on the phone with my colleague when he asked me how I was doing with the lockdown.…
Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 10:00
Okay, so, despite the global pandemic and the London lockdown and general life weirdness, I am…
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 10:00
It's been 23 days since my last real blog post.
In some ways, it's hard to believe that much time…
Sunday, March 22, 2020 - 10:00
Um, the world is changing/has changed a lot in the two weeks since I last wrote this post. A…
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 10:00
This sermon was preached at Walnut Hills UMC in Urbandale, Iowa on Sunday March 8, 2020. I was…
Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 10:00
Here's the scoop on how I'm doing on my list this week!
Life is still pretty much chaos as we are…
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 19:56
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
This is not an invitation for every internet person to visit us. This is for our…
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 10:00
I don't always give something up for Lent. I don't always take something on either (a practice…