Sarah and I are at our hotel in Durham, getting ready to head out to Duke Hospital for two appointments. Here is our room which we got for $82 through Medstay.com.  It usually goes for $135 so I’m happy I got my bargain! We’ve had a lot of fun enjoying our lovely surroundings and are kind of sad about having to check out.…

It’s been a challenging couple of weeks where we’ve had more than our share of stresses–in fact, we’ve had more stress in the past couple of weeks than we’ve had in the past several years. Summer’s pose perfectly illustrates the way I’ve been feeling the need to lean on something to stay upright. …

Update:  After first posting this, I added my favorite scarf-tying video.   I’m writing from Gainesville, GA, just outside of Atlanta. Steve and I drove here (a mere 550 rainy miles) after church yesterday, getting to bed last night about 12:30 a.m. We are in Georgia for a 3-day, intensive leadership conference for pastors; we had the first session this morning and it was absolutely amazing. I…

Well, I promised you a video today and not only am I delivering on that promise, I am throwing in an extra video as a bonus If you don’t at least get a chuckle or two out of the first video, you must be a very non-chuckly person.…