by krista | Oct 24, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Jesus, in Matthew 5, tells us, “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Sometimes, though, as we go through the Christian life, we lose our “shine”. We get dull....
by krista | Oct 20, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
My son’s K-3 teacher was named Mari Paz. She taught at a bilingual school in Madrid, Spain, and she had very strong opinions on how to properly educate preschoolers. In our first meeting with her, Mari Paz held up a drawing of an apple and told all of the parents in...
by krista | Oct 16, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Learning a second language as an adult is hard. I attempted to learn Spanish at age 30, first in Costa Rica, then in Spain. One thing you find out pretty quickly is that it’s almost impossible to completely lose your accent. As much as I wanted to speak like a...
by krista | Oct 12, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I did a lot of theater growing up. I tried some other stuff — like piano (meh), sports (yikes!), and beauty pageants (don’t EVEN get me started…). But theater was my first and greatest love. I was fortunate to grow up in a town with one of the...
by krista | Oct 10, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Yes, that’s right. God wants you to run. My sister ran a marathon when she was 19. She trained for months, running her college campus, watching what she ate, learning how to find a rhythm, to push her body past its limits. And then she ran. And ran. 26 miles....
by krista | Oct 4, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I hate being in the middle of things. Beginnings are fun. Or challenging. Maybe even tough. But they are the beginnings. Even when they are the beginning of difficulties, there’s a sense of strength, an “I can do this” attitude. In the beginning of...
