A taste of things to come...

Meet Terrence, star of the children's book Anne and I writing. The working title is the Dino-Rama.
That's his mom holding the tea cup. We made all the furniture and set by hand. It's one of the best projects I've worked on.

Fall

This is FALL--currently on display in the front office of the Timothy House. I took the photo there and the flash washed out the center, but you get the idea.

The Shepherds

Merry Christmas.

Ben and I threw our third annual holiday blow-out for our friends who don't usually get invited to things like Christmas parties. I have to say, this is becoming my favorite Christmas event.

It started out as I described--a special kind of dinner for our friends who don't get invited to things much. Last year we invited a few more people and had a Christmas cookie decorating party as well. This year was better, though. Our friends who came who were former residents of the Timothy House, or members of the house church we're a part of in Carpenter Hall didn't feel like "special guests" who we needed to "reach out" and throw a party for. They're just our friends. And they're wonderful people. And they spent time and played games and music with all of our other friends.

I think everyone's enjoyment was...mutual...except maybe our 4 year-old friend, who partied the hardest and then puked green Christmas frosting everywhere. Way to get into the spirit of things, kid.

Millstone--the real part 4

OK. This is part 4 of a possible 66 part series. As you may have guessed, it's a man with a millstone tied around his neck being thrown into the deepest part of the sea. I would have posted a photo of it earlier, but it was up at Arts/West for a while. I only just got it back today.

Part 4

...or maybe it's part 5 of a 66 part series. At any rate, this is my great aunt Clara. She illustrates, to me, Titus 2. She's been a good example to me. Not a gossip, not overindulging. Teaching me to love people, to be kind, and faithful. Thank you Clara. Thank you God.

Part 3

Of a possible 66 part series. This is the prophet Jeremiah feeling like the word of the Lord is a fire inside his bones. When I showed it to guys at the Timothy House, two of them said, in unison, "That would make a great back tattoo!" I took it as a compliment. He is yelling on their behalf, after all.

Hygiene

So...I was brushing my teeth just now and accidentally smacked my hand really hard into my toothbrush while it was still in my mouth. The toothbrush, in turn, smashed my lip into my tooth. What I'm saying is, I just gave myself a bloody lip brushing my teeth.

Full contact hygiene.