For the past two years Amber and I have had a Halloween party. It’s been a blast. But now it’s time to start planning this year’s costume.

We tend towards themes for a couple of us. Two years ago I was Napolean, Amber was Pedro (!) and Lyndsey was Deb. Last year I was Mojo Jojo, and Amber, Lyndsey, and our friend Shannon were Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, respectively.

Two months out, and I’m at a loss. I guess we don’t have to do a theme again, but it’s a lot of fun.

On a side note, I used to wonder about these people who put so much time and effort into their costumes. Now I get it: It’s just a lot of fun. As I told Amber at dinner tonight, a year later I’m still not sure if my Mojo Jojo costume was a success or not, but it was funny, and I’d totally do it again.

Living by faith

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Aug 252009

For a Christian, my life doesn’t show much faith.

I recently listened to the audio version of the book Crazy Love, by Francis Chan. In it one of the questions he asks is, What in your life requires faith? In other words, what are you doing that would be impossible if God didn’t show up?

I was listening to this on the way to Greenville, SC, so I had a lot of time to think about this. The answer I came up with was simply, “Nothing, really.” I do lots of things, but for the most part they are things anyone could do. There’s nothing that particularly marks my life as a life lived by faith.

To understate it: This is a problem.

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit since then. Amber and I have had a couple of conversations about this, and what we can do to fix this lack in my life. I hope to write more about that soon, but for now, I’d like to suggest you ask yourself the same question, and go where it leads you.

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