September SunFun 25
I also posted seven videos from the Caid and Co show at Bates-Hendrick’s Street Fest!
Prayers and Praises
It was a month of bike rides and a garden full of tomatoes and basil and grapes. We were given Colt’s tickets, and Sofia got to go with Daddy to see her first game—and ended up on the news (for a couple of seconds)! We enjoyed getting to the most thoughtful wedding where the bride wrote each person a handwritten note, and the groom remembered my name. And dancing! Dancing at weddings is the best! We celebrated 44 years of my parents being married, which is a beautiful thing, and Caid and Co performed for the 4th time at the Bates-Hendricks Street Fest. Jessica learned that she can do hard things (with a good attitude) when we all trained and ran our first family 5k (in 43 minutes)!
The girls are doing well in 2nd and 5th grade, and Caid is enjoying being the assistant coach for the boy’s soccer team at Providence Cristo Rey. I am busy working on the annual magazine and missionary videos for World Renewal, and everyone is invited to the Missions Fair & Celebration on October 22nd, 2025 at Brandywine Community Church! Please pray for our country…it’s been a lot, and we need to learn how to grieve and lament well.
Interweb Reads
Me stuff: My 4th of July, Backspaced, Theology of Power, Tangled Up, A Case for Brilliantly boring
Missionary stuff: Everything is Tuberculosis (A Life Overseas), Transition wisdom from a sage called Pooh (A Life overseas)
Other stuff: “I got saved by the beauty of the world” (Courtney Martin), More than a Machine (Kate Bowler), Sinners and Saints (Richard Wilson), When you can’t afford your secrets anymore (Kate Bowler), If you are elevating Charlie Kirk, Consider who you are crushing underfoot (Nijay Gupta), The boredom of Writing in the Trump Era (The Dispatch), When Thoughts and Prayers are not enough (Voxology podcast)
Immigration stuff: When the news feels overwhelming, let’s get back to basics (Neighbor Notes), The Hand that Rocks the Gavel (This American Life), Come outside and be separated from your daughter, or stay inside and watch her suffer (Neighbor Notes), Lean in: a Conversation (Voxology podcast)
Christian stuff: when you wonder if motherhood is all you are (Ann Voskamp)