Meg and Martha

This week I decided we HAD to get back into our meal planning, both with deciding in advance what we were going to eat, as well as planning to shop for it. Having moved back to my second favorite small town - Wilmore, Kentucky (Taos has to come first....) - there are a FEW drawbacks. First, you can't run to your (not so favorite but still a huge convenience) superstore for a few items to throw together for dinner. Nor can you run for other needs....

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Waiting....

Find me in the riverFind me on my kneesI've walked against the waterNow I'm waiting if you pleaseWe've longed to see the rosesBut never felt the thornsAnd bought our pretty crownsBut never paid the priceFind me in the riverFind me thereFind me on my knees with my soul laid bareEven though you're gone and I'm cracked and dryFind me in the river, I'm waiting hereFind me in the riverFind me on my kneesI've walked against the waterNow I'm waiting if you pleaseWe didn't count on sufferingWe didn't count on painBut if the blessing's in the valleyThen...

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Little Boxes, Full of Ticky Tack

It feels like we have been packing for months, but it’s only really two weeks. Two weeks, you say? That’s what we say, too! It has never taken us THIS long to pack up our home. But, on the other hand, usually it seemed a little more cut and dry. Two enormous PODS occupy our driveway, crowding out the humble minivan like a bully on the playground. Today, a 12’ U-Haul trailer joined the gang. Aforementioned minivan has now been banished to the neighbor’s driveway. There’s something cathartic about packing. It gives us an opportunity...

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New Year, New Adventures!! An Update from the Easleys

It’s Sunday afternoon, January 23.  We’ve just finished up our last Sunday in pastoral ministry at Lakewood Bible Fellowship.    In the days to come, Brad will also transition out of his role of academy principal.   Meg, the school art teacher, has finished up her classes this past week.We've been at Lakewood since 2007, and made the decision to resign after several weeks of praying and thinking, and asking three key questions:1.    What is best for the Easleys?2.    What is best for Lakewood?3.   ...

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