spring is here, y'all. i am by far the most thankful for that this week (and trying to pretend like the sunday forecast isn't for cold weather). we've had beautiful day after beautiful day this week, and i absolutely can't get enough of it. in addition to spring springing, here are a few things i've been thankful for this week:
1. blue skies.
i've been drooling over these robin-egg-blue, cloudless skies.
2. noonday.
i've already blogged about noonday in a previous post, but i went to another trunk show on monday night and fell in love with it all over again. it's literally changing women's lives, y'all. it gives them a sustainable income, which in turn allows kids to go to school and families to stay together. on top of that, it's helping families fund adoptions, which again is changing lives... not to mention that it's all super cute stuff! my friend, abby, is a noonday ambassador raising money for her family to adopt from ethiopia, and she threw monday night's trunk show to benefit our friend, nicole, and her family's adoption from uganda. result: lives changed and necklace purchased. boom.
3. pope francis I.
perhaps it could be argued that the new pope has little impact on my little protestant life, but if he affects over 1 billion people in the world and if he's recognized by literally everyone in the world as a poster boy of sorts for christianity, then i absolutely think he affects me. i eagerly watched on tuesday as history was made.
i was thrilled to see the cardinals select someone from the global south. this is HUGE, y'all. one of my favorite authors i read in seminary was philip jenkins. in his book, The Next Christendom, he writes, "Over the last century, the center of gravity in the Christian world has shifted inexorably southward, to Africa and Latin America. Today, the largest Christian communities on the planet are to be found in those regions." he later goes on to say, "The era of Western Christianity has passed within our lifetimes, and the day of Southern Christianity is dawning. The fact of change itself is undeniable: it has happened, and will continue to happen." so, the fact that the man guarding the theology and practices of catholics is actually from the region where the majority of catholics live is really cool. i also love that he took the name francis. no other pope has ever taken that name, which makes sense when you realize francis was a man who chose to live in complete poverty. i think it says a lot about this new pope -- that he's a man of the people and wants the church to be about the poor. brilliant. and how cool that this story has commentators on major news networks talking about jesus and recognizing that this man sounds very jesus-like with his gentle, humble, poverty-loving demeanor. all of this to say, way to go, cardinals. great choice... and cool hats.
4. pi(e) day.
on a much lighter and less significant note, today is PI DAY! so clearly, i celebrated with pie, right? last night, the girls in our small group got together to bake pies and deliver them to friends. i mean, who doesn't like a surprise delivery of delicious pie? certainly no friend of mine. cheers to you, math geeks of the world! thanks for giving me a reason to eat pie!
5. patio sitting.
is there anything better?! not a chance. i determined to be outside today from the minute work was over till the minute i went to sleep. mission accomplished, thanks to a long walk, a sonic drink run, and a slow dinner on the patio at chimy's. i was crazy happy over the perfect weather, stringed lights, yummy food, and of course, good people.
what are you thankful for this week?
1. blue skies.
i've been drooling over these robin-egg-blue, cloudless skies.
2. noonday.
i've already blogged about noonday in a previous post, but i went to another trunk show on monday night and fell in love with it all over again. it's literally changing women's lives, y'all. it gives them a sustainable income, which in turn allows kids to go to school and families to stay together. on top of that, it's helping families fund adoptions, which again is changing lives... not to mention that it's all super cute stuff! my friend, abby, is a noonday ambassador raising money for her family to adopt from ethiopia, and she threw monday night's trunk show to benefit our friend, nicole, and her family's adoption from uganda. result: lives changed and necklace purchased. boom.
3. pope francis I.
perhaps it could be argued that the new pope has little impact on my little protestant life, but if he affects over 1 billion people in the world and if he's recognized by literally everyone in the world as a poster boy of sorts for christianity, then i absolutely think he affects me. i eagerly watched on tuesday as history was made.
i was thrilled to see the cardinals select someone from the global south. this is HUGE, y'all. one of my favorite authors i read in seminary was philip jenkins. in his book, The Next Christendom, he writes, "Over the last century, the center of gravity in the Christian world has shifted inexorably southward, to Africa and Latin America. Today, the largest Christian communities on the planet are to be found in those regions." he later goes on to say, "The era of Western Christianity has passed within our lifetimes, and the day of Southern Christianity is dawning. The fact of change itself is undeniable: it has happened, and will continue to happen." so, the fact that the man guarding the theology and practices of catholics is actually from the region where the majority of catholics live is really cool. i also love that he took the name francis. no other pope has ever taken that name, which makes sense when you realize francis was a man who chose to live in complete poverty. i think it says a lot about this new pope -- that he's a man of the people and wants the church to be about the poor. brilliant. and how cool that this story has commentators on major news networks talking about jesus and recognizing that this man sounds very jesus-like with his gentle, humble, poverty-loving demeanor. all of this to say, way to go, cardinals. great choice... and cool hats.
4. pi(e) day.
on a much lighter and less significant note, today is PI DAY! so clearly, i celebrated with pie, right? last night, the girls in our small group got together to bake pies and deliver them to friends. i mean, who doesn't like a surprise delivery of delicious pie? certainly no friend of mine. cheers to you, math geeks of the world! thanks for giving me a reason to eat pie!
5. patio sitting.
is there anything better?! not a chance. i determined to be outside today from the minute work was over till the minute i went to sleep. mission accomplished, thanks to a long walk, a sonic drink run, and a slow dinner on the patio at chimy's. i was crazy happy over the perfect weather, stringed lights, yummy food, and of course, good people.
what are you thankful for this week?
1 comment:
I am thankful that I had an awesome DHDL in 2009 who writes awesome blog posts! Haha.
I am also thankful to go on a walk with my husband this afternoon, to cook some brats on the stove this evening and to spend some time in the book of John this weekend!
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