Grand Baby Update Owen Reginald Aldrin, born August 22, 2012 Edwards Hospital, Naperville, IL 8 lbs. 20 inches to Dan and Meredith Aldrin Grand Dad Schoenleber gets to hold grandson for first time. Meredith and Dan are doing fine, but need sleep! So proud of our girl, her husband and their new and first son.
Wednesday is for Prayer Going to the hospital to see our first grandson! Meredith and Dan expecting their first child within the hour. Long labor through the night. Picture above is from their wedding day three years ago and Meredith’s reaction to the surprise groomsman Olympic style scoring of their first kiss. A great day … More Grand Daddy Day!
Whimsical Monday Inner Strength If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it, If you can understand when loved ones … More Inner Strength, Who Has It?
Wednesday is for Prayer A must-read article by a missionary to Bulgaria on what it will take to reach men in any culture. Click on the blue link below. Though I am not a preterist, full or partial, this is a good article. If you don’t know what the issues are regarding preterism, don’t worry … More Hey Church! Do You Want to Reach Men?
Friday is for Heart Songs My failures as a parent are too many and too embarrassing to recount. But there are a couple of things I did right. One was marrying Stephnie. A better wife and mother a man could not ask for, … well he could, but he’d be stupid! I’m not stupid. Another … More Family Slogans and Lasting Values
Friday is for Heart Songs I was washing my face at the bathroom sink when I started to weep at a thought that flew through my heart. I was thinking about an upcoming meeting with my daughter, a daughter birthed before I was a Christian, before I was married, before I was a pastor, who … More “I love you because you are mine.”
Wednesday is for Prayer “You are probably going to heaven and I’m probably going to hell.” The elderly man, Bill 87, was speaking to an elderly woman, Ruth 94, in hospital room 335 at Mercy Hospital. It was Monday, and I was at the hospital with my mother (room 332) as the family was preparing … More What Do You Do When Your Neighbor Says He is Probably Going to Hell?
No Monday discussion this week. My brothers and sisters are gathered together at Mercy Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan. Mom is getting ready to come home from the hospital into my brother Ed’s home for hospice. Not much Missional conversation for the blog right now. Not an apology, just a statement of fact. I have to … More Mom Moves toward Eternity
For the last 14 months my Mom has been living on Grace-time. An aneurysm on her heart threatened to undo the earth from which she is made, but God in his mercy gave us the last two years to love her, serve her and to allow her to see four more of her 24 grandchildren … More Weeping with Resurrection Hope
My son has left the house for the last time. Tonight he sleeps in a new apartment, paid for by him and will likely never sleep in this home again. His room is empty, our hearts are full, and our eyes leak tears. We are proud of him. He marches on with life as young … More The House is Emptier Tonight
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