A friend of mine keeps track of what she calls the “Unplanned Out-to-Eat Index.” I like the idea. Basically, she keeps a tally of the number of times she doesn’t have a dinner plan, or the meal doesn’t work out, or something comes up and they go out to eat. I like that she keeps track of it, but I didn’t need anything like that. Until today. Today was one of those days.. Read More
Rafa and I were in the car tonight, going to church. Rafa: “Remember (that event we went to when we first started dating)?” Me: laughing. “I remember that! What made you think of it?” Rafa: “I was just thinking about it…you were my co-worker, then you were my friend. Then you were my best friend. Then you became my girlfriend. “Now you are my wife, but you are still all.. Read More
Something interesting to me lately is to think that no matter how much I know Rafa, I can never know him completely. It works the same both ways – he can never fully know me. There’s things about me he can never know. It’s not because I’m holding back. It’s just the way we humans are made. I started thinking about this after our small group activity last week. We.. Read More
Rafa and I recently had a conversation with our pastor that went something like this: Pastor: “We will be out of town during the meeting. Could one of you guys do announcements?” Sarah: “Sure, Rafa would love to.” There is a word for this, my friends: I voluntold Rafa. Previously a staple of the corporate world (e.g. “My boss voluntold me to work on the project this Saturday”), I now.. Read More
I usually resist the Facebook fads, but this request sounded fun: 15 Albums The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Here they are, and yes, I am aware that some of them (Jock Jams) are completely terrible. I can’t help it! They are approximately in order.. Read More
We are just winding down from a very full, yet very fun weekend. It started on Friday, where we got to teach the Boulders (2-3 year olds) at School of Rock during church. The kids learned the Biblical truth, “God helps me,” through the fun games, activities and stories. We didn’t have much time to sleep in on Saturday morning. We headed to Midway Stadium in St. Paul for the.. Read More
“The most difficult lie I ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me.” When I read that line, from Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, I knew the book was written to me. I read it shortly after I moved God moved me to Minneapolis. I was excited about what God was doing, but I didn’t really know where to start. I didn’t know what to think.. Read More
It’s been almost two weeks since I have written. I haven’t taken that amount of time away from writing electronically since Rafa created our first blog almost a year ago. If anyone is still there, I’m sorry. Thanks for coming back. I’ve still been writing, but in the little journal I keep in my personal space. I’ve been writing in the margins of my Bible and on notes tucked into.. Read More
I’ve been thinking about a verse that my Bible study friends at work were discussing: James 1:3-4 “For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.” (The NIV version uses the word “perseverance” instead of endurance.) I can identify with it, because I’ve had.. Read More
Since tomorrow is the Autumnal Equinox (a.k.a. the first day of fall), Rafa and I celebrated the end of summer. We drove with the sunroof open and our shades on. And I was happy. Not happy because summer is officially over, but so happy because I know we will have this moment again in the spring when the temperatures finally rise into the fifties and the air feels warm again… Read More
