Posts tagged Spiritual Growth

My Story

Jan 18th

Posted by khaubold in Life

I am reading “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller and came across a quote that has been challenging me.  On Page 59 “If I have a hope, it’s that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story, and put us in with the sunset and the rainstorm as though to say, Enjoy your place in my story.  The beauty of it means you matter, and you can create within it even as I have created you.” 

I am working on finding my story, it seems to be a theme recently in my life.  A class I took at Willow, some podcasts I have been listening to, and now this book.  I feel like that I have lost myself over last 10 years and I am working on finding my story.  Next steps will be getting Abby off to college, then starting to take classes myself to work 1st toward my Associates, then my Bachelor degree.  It will be a long process, but it won’t happen unless I start somewhere.

What is your story?

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2010 Commitments

Jan 4th

Posted by khaubold in Life

I wanted to start off 2010 with a renewed commitment to making the changes that I feel are necessary in my life.  Because one  of the commitments is updating this blog, I thought I would post the commitments on here and update progress regularly.  So here is to 2010!

1.  Exercise – Start by walking 1 mile, working up to 3 miles each exercise session.  Start with every other day and working up to 2 days on, 1 day off. 

2.  Reading – read at least one chapter of a book each day

3.  Time with God – Jesus Calling daily reading and prayer.  I have chosen 3 reading plans (1 Old Testament, 1 Psalms & Proverbs, and 1 New Testament) by YouVersion.com. 

4.  Lose Weight – not going to follow a “diet” per se, but I am going to use Lose It on my iPhone to monitor what I eat and exercise. 

5.  Blogging – 2 posts per week

6.  Twitter – post at least 2 posts per day on both accounts (4 all together)  www.twitter.com/karin_h and www.twitter.com/accuratebkpg

Anybody else making new commitments?

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Rest – a review

May 19th

Posted by khaubold in Book Reviews

Monday, December 1, 2008

Rest – Living in Sabbath Simplicity by Keri Wyatt Kent is a well thought out, well researched book on Sabbath-keeping. Keri writes just seven chapters, and each is on a different aspect of Sabbath, shaking things up, resting, reconnecting, revising, pausing, playing, and praying. It is a book that will encourage you to evaluate your own personal thoughts and actions regarding Sabbath keeping. Keri teaches by example, honestly sharing her own personal experiences and struggles with her readers. I have not personally practiced Sabbath, or I did not think I was with my traditional view of Sabbath, but I was encouraged to know that several activities that I participate in are ways to practice Sabbath. Keri understands the demands that we put on ourselves, but she makes a great case for incorporating the practice into your life rhythm, freely admitting that at certain seasons during the year the practice has to be adapted to fit within family activities. She give great examples of how you can start to incorporate the practice into your life (take a nap, go for a walk with your family), and you may find that you already have elements of this in your life. Keri does not promote that Sabbath is a legalistic practice, but one that has the ability to refresh your life and your relationships with others and God. This was a “breath of fresh air” book, where I was encouraged and challenged to think broader about what Sabbath really is, a day to spend time with God and others, so that I can be better equipped to handle the coming week.
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