Hug Your Fathers Tight
Tweet I feel drained. Do you know that feeling you get after a good, cleansing cry? That is how I feel. It has been a busy weekend (how could it not be!) Father’s Day is always a little rough for …
Joy on a Monday
Tweet If you’ve been reading here for a while (and I hope you have) you may have noticed that last week, I may have been a bit frustrated. As a matter of fact, I was. Dakotapastor even came home and told …
A Taste of Summer: Church Picnics
Tweet One of the fun things about being part of a brand new church start is all of the firsts. Sure, at our 100 year old congregation in Minnesota we celebrated firsts as well, like the first time we used …
Snow. Again. Still. {Holy Cross Updates with Gratuitious Twin Photos}
Tweet I’m trying not to whine. I’m trying to remember that I love the state that I live in. I love my community. I love four seasons. I love that our kids can play outside, safely, in clean air. However, …
Virtual Coffee: March 1, 2011
Tweet Welcome to Virtual Coffee! If we were really meeting for coffee, I’d have to blush a little and offer you a Coca Cola (my other very favorite beverage). You see, my coffee ended up tasting yucky today. I’m not …
Virtual Coffee: The Fourth Day of Christmas
Tweet Welcome to a Christmas edition of virtual coffee! Today I’m enjoying coffee out of a new Christmas mug from one of my Sunday School students. She must have noticed me sucking down massive quantities of coffee on Sunday mornings, …
Merry Christmas! Again. Still.
Tweet A most blessed second day of Christmas to you! The Dakotapam clan had a wonderful Christmas. We were in church three days in a row. While to some that may seem like a drag, or even overkill, for us …
Virtual Coffee: A Day Late!
Tweet Welcome to my virtual coffee date. Today I’m drinking mine with Gingerbread Latte creamer. And I’m enjoying some treats from St. Nicholas. What? It is December 8 and St. Nicholas Day was December 6? Once again, dear readers, you …
Seven Quick Takes Friday: October 8, 2010
Tweet –1– My week has pretty much been consumed with the whole blog move and redesign. I’m pretty proud of myself. In a continued demonstration that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks, I did the research and got …
Seven Quick Takes Friday: October 1, 2010
Tweet Fall has absolutely exploded here in North Dakota. We have had gorgeous weather in the 70′s and some crisp air at night. Tuesday was downright HOT at about 80 degrees. Our foliage is gorgeous, I almost imagine we are …