The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.
More play. I was inspired by my son’s monster movie scene to create a microscale city. While experimenting with different ways to create streets, buildings, and a coherent layout, I got caught up in the fun of the colors and simplicity of the shapes.
I was vaguely guided by Harry Bertoia’s sonambients, a couple of which we’ve witnessed at trips to Kentuck Knob. I feel the panoply of colors could easily translate into a cacophanous beauty, given a dose of magic.
I’ve gotten a little lazy when it comes to taking my boys to see Shakespeare. We did almost no prep before seeing Delaware Shakespeare‘s production of The Tempest.
First, DelShakes does a great job of introducing the characters and plot. Second, my sons have attended, performed in, or stage managed over a dozen Shakespeare performances. They have a comfort level with the language and rhythms that I would never have expected from 11- and 13-year-old boys.
Although my younger son was not enthusiastic, we were joined by my girlfriend and her theater-loving daughter and had a wonderful time during the last show of the run.
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
-Hebrews 12:7 RSV
God doesn’t let us get away with sin because he loves us and wants us to let go of sin. We face consequences and confront our choices. We are made more whole through the healing.
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The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.
-Hebrews 12:6 NLT
God as judge. God as conscience.
When God is in our hearts, it hurts to do wrong. To sin is to miss the mark and that applies to every word, thought, and action not created in love.
When you are loved, you feel a responsibility toward that love. You wish to honor it and be worthy of it.
We all fall short of that worthiness and that hurts. The hurt comes from not stepping up into God’s awesome love and projecting it into the world. That awesome love is unshakable and rallies around us when we fall.
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Creating a pleasing diamond shape was harder than I expected, but it was a lot of fun to use so many translucent elements.
Working the old rocket pieces in gives it some UFO vibes. I’ve been thinking more retro lately and trying to expose more studs. When I was a young builder, we didn’t have many smooth tiles and I especially like the round openings of the 1×1 columns around the base.
Then he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
-Matthew 4:19 NKJV
I’ve recently been given the opportunity to help my community through some difficult and personal conflicts. I have prayed for guidance and been humble in my approach. I can’t “fix” problems between my friends.
I can, however, minister better and share the wisdom that I have been blessed with through God’s Word. I haven’t been as vocal about my faith as our “official” group isn’t religious, but open to all beliefs. Sometimes I err on the side of being quiet about my relationship with Christ and I endeavor to become a more vocal follower.
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By Her Hand Tattoos made a guest appearance in our project with a floral mandala that pushes the limits of what shapes are possible with Lego.
We’re on a monster movie kick and I find my younger son’s battle between giant, legged shark and croc creatures more engaging than Godzilla and King Kong’s latest bout.
I’ve gotten a couple days behind on our Delaware Fun-A-Day project and spent most of today on this quiet space for learning and creating.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food; for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
-Hebrews 5:12-15 RSV
White belt mentality in all things. I’m better at listening and learning than teaching. I can model once I learn, but I am cautious to instruct.
Even more so when it comes to God’s Word. The stakes are high and I work hard to act and speak with humility. I might be getting it all wrong, I try to remind myself of that whenever I speak.
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