The Best Part about my Year in Cincinnati
... was definitely the chili. MMMMmmm. Skyline Chili. Ok, the best part was meeting my pastors and dear friends then moving to Chicago-land with them. But other than that it was a 3-way with cheese. Love it. So tonight we made Skyline chili for the college students... there were mixed responses. As always, you love it, or you hate it. One can grow to love it after hating it, but after a long time following the first introduction. Also, it does cause some gastro-intestinal alarm. But, some things are worth a bit of temporary discomfort. MMMMmmm. Skyline Chili.
Today was church. Pastor made clear that he expects his staff to fail, for that means they are trying to do things. He did emphasize that he did not expect them to fail at the same thing weekly, as we should learn from our mistakes. I cannot remember any hard failures lately, which means that I am not living as I should. I am not taking risks. I am living safely, not as I am intended to live, not trying to use the talents that I have been given. Maybe I have failed miserably and simply choose to deny it here on my blog :-) DARE TO FAIL. My new slogan.
MY SOAP BOX TIME
I am single. I have read "single" books. I have listened to "single" radio broadcasts. The church at large seems a bit baffled about what to do with us... the single people. When they are not asking us if we have met someone or trying to give us advice on how to meet someone, they are definitely trying to get us to all hang out together as if we could not possibly have anything in common with the "married" people. I for one am a bit tired of hearing how to be "single" from someone who got married at the age of 21. It is not as if we are miserable in our existence. We have fun in ways that "marrieds" and "married with children" cannot have. Most of us do not believe that our life will be better when the wedding bells ring as "marrieds" seem to think we believe and continually remind us that it is not so. I do not wish for conversations to revolve around my singleness... especially when visiting people I do not often see. "Single" does not define who I am... I simply check a different box on my 1040.
SOAP BOX OVER
Peace and marital bliss...
K
Today was church. Pastor made clear that he expects his staff to fail, for that means they are trying to do things. He did emphasize that he did not expect them to fail at the same thing weekly, as we should learn from our mistakes. I cannot remember any hard failures lately, which means that I am not living as I should. I am not taking risks. I am living safely, not as I am intended to live, not trying to use the talents that I have been given. Maybe I have failed miserably and simply choose to deny it here on my blog :-) DARE TO FAIL. My new slogan.
MY SOAP BOX TIME
I am single. I have read "single" books. I have listened to "single" radio broadcasts. The church at large seems a bit baffled about what to do with us... the single people. When they are not asking us if we have met someone or trying to give us advice on how to meet someone, they are definitely trying to get us to all hang out together as if we could not possibly have anything in common with the "married" people. I for one am a bit tired of hearing how to be "single" from someone who got married at the age of 21. It is not as if we are miserable in our existence. We have fun in ways that "marrieds" and "married with children" cannot have. Most of us do not believe that our life will be better when the wedding bells ring as "marrieds" seem to think we believe and continually remind us that it is not so. I do not wish for conversations to revolve around my singleness... especially when visiting people I do not often see. "Single" does not define who I am... I simply check a different box on my 1040.
SOAP BOX OVER
Peace and marital bliss...
K
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