in no particular order: 1) no one notices if you skip the Lord’s Prayer during communion – it was printed in the bulletin… it should have been in my script… but since I switched to a special Epiphany litany, the one with just the great thanksgiving and not the whole shebang, I totally missed it.…
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last sunday off
so, this weekend was my last one before starting as the pastor of my new church. I thought about forty times about whether I should go to church there, or take the morning off, or go somewhere else. In most cases, a pastoral move is made during the middle of the week and you start…
Holy cow… we are back in Iowa
So, for some of you – this blog just may be a good way to keep up with the Dawson’s and all that is happening in our lives. For others of you – you might be checking out what is happening at the church. Others, just want to see if a young woman right out…
our first iowa snow and our first houseguests
Yesterday we spent quite a lot of time picking up around the house and sorting things out. We sort of have our furniture in the living room set up – but definitely need some more pieces to fill out the space. Our friends Cara and Paul came over last night too. We played a new…
shopping… again
We shopped til we dropped… again. This time with my brother and then later my mom. Christmas shopping is officially done! We still don’t have internet or cable – and we are REALLY missing it. I’m typing out all of these entries on my computer with the hopes of entering them sometime in the future.…
spending the day with Babi
Today I got to go Christmas shopping with my Babi (Czech for Grandma). We have gone every year for the last… oh, five or so. I think this year has been especially hard now that my grandpa is gone – she seems to be quite lonely. I’m so glad to be back home and want…
domesticated
Brandon headed into Cedar Rapids to drop off his car at the shop (stupid check engine light) and bring a bunch of stuff from his dad’s house down. We are now closer to furnishing our big house! (if only we could sort through the boxes of memorabilia and clothes and books he had in storage…
shopping (from Brandon)
We shopped til we dropped with my brother Chris! Most of our Christmas shopping for my side of the family is done! We are avoiding unpacking today and instead hung out with him in Cedar Rapids.