12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:12-13 Ah, the joys of the Advent Season.  For anyone whose […]

Advent is in all kinds of full swing around our neck of the woods.  The Advent Calendar is out, the Tree is set up and trimmed, the stockings are hung on the wall (we don’t have a chimney), UPS is in the peak season craziness, and Christmas Music is being pumped out of every speaker […]

Last week I ask a question about how are we to know the best use of your time… it looks like this is an issue we all have a bit of confusion about since I didn’t get any helpful hits in comments or emails about how to pull this off well.  This week I want […]

Last week I talked about working at UPS at the Airport in the morning as my current Tentmaking strategy. What we basically do is sort the packages that need to be delivered that day that flew in on big planes onto smaller planes and trucks to be sent out to the smaller buildings around the […]

As many of you know, ever since Grafted started I have been working at UPS.  (Yes; there was that brief period when I was not employed by them in order to move from working at the Minneapolis Hub to the Airport… but it was an intentional move to find a job within the company where […]

I had a wonderful experience this week.  And I want to tell you about it. After my dad died one of my friends at UPS gifted me a massage to help me unwind from all of the stress of grief.  This was one of the most thoughtful gifts I have ever been given.  Insanely practical […]

As Jesus was interacting with the Pharisees He challenged them to fully understand these words.  He was quoting from Hosea 6 when God was tired of his people taking part in the Old Testament’s sacrificial system, but not having steadfast love for Him or their neighbor.  By implication Jesus was charging that the Pharisees might […]

As we are starting to look at the budget for 2018, it has gotten me thinking about something. I have come to realize that each of us faces a crisis. Okay crisis might be too heavy a word but it got your attention didn’t it? I am not talking  about a crisis of faith, nor am […]

Before starting this Midweek Update I stood here staring at my computer screen realizing that there was literally no way that I was going to be able to write anything that would come close to encompassing all of my thoughts, emotions, fears, and hopes about a topic we need to discuss.  This week my Facebook […]