We recently discovered a helpful lotion for eczema. Laura and Nathan both deal with eczema on their legs, and I know a couple friends are dealing with it as well. The lotion we found is made by Eucerin, and it contains 10% urine. :) We affectionately call it the “pee-pee lotion.” It seems to have helped Nathan a bit. Laci, I’d love to hear what has worked for you guys.
“To know what we are here to do, and why, is not an abstract, philisophical question. There is no question more personal and more passionate, no question that is closer to our hearts.” -Os Guiness
“Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about - quite apart from what I would like it to be about - or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions.” -Parker Palmer
“Calling is where your deep hunger meets the world’s deep needs.” -F. Buechner
“Calling is not primarily about increasing your earning potential or status, but it refers to the fact that God made you with certain capacities, and this world needs you to fulfill those.” -JR Woodward
“That “ultimate why” for living, the highest source of purpose in human existence is to be found in answering the call of our Creator. Calling is the truth that God has created us for Himself.” -Os Guiness
“Instead of, ‘You are what you do,’ calling says, ’Do what you are.’” -Os Guiness
As you know, December 6th is Mikulás (Nicholas) day, and we had a very special visit from Mikulás and the krampusz. We didn’t realize that St. Nick actually lives in our neighborhood here in Budapest!!! Thankfully, the boys received candy in their shoes this year instead of sticks or coals. Here’s some pictures: Our neighborhood Mikulás, the boys digging into their candy from Mikulás, Jacob decorating the Christmas tree, Thanksgiving dinner with Dori, Joanna, Krisztina, & Péter.
My friend Stefan in Slovenia has recently started doing this:
picture from http://flickr.com/photos/fongetz/
A friend shared a thought with me today, during our regular Monday night meeting, from a Spanish Philosopher by the first name of Jorge. It sparked some great discussion. Here it is (well, actually this has been translated from Spanish into Hungarian, and now VERY losely into English). “BROTHERHOOD: Live together in an honest and credible way without hurting each other, especially among those who regularly bear your childish outbursts of anger, despair, and disappointment (ie. those who are closest to you). This childishness pollutes the air. We shouldn’t just avoid physical dirt, but also the moral, spiritual, and emotional dirt. Even if we are able to move beyond our childish behavior, which is always selfish, those deeds have been done and those words have been said (and there is need for forgiveness). They can continue to pollute the air. This childish selfishness and anger is like larva in the soul (eww, yuck). It is a fire that becomes hotter than any argument and seeks to maintain further arguments while our maturity decreases (the cycle of “ungrace” as Yancey calls it). In the visible world, we have different genders, cultures, and ages. But we have God, we have faith, we have many everyday happenings that connect us. In brotherhood, we take advantage of everything which unites us, and not those things which divide us.” -spanish philosopher Jorge.
Pascal once said, “The biggest issue in our day is that a person can’t sit quietly in his own room.” And that was said in the 17th century.
Soul and the City (Heidish)
The Pursuit of God (Tozer)
A Year with C.S. Lewis
Francis Schaeffer Trilogy
Shepherding a Child's Heart (Tripp)
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail (Gottmann)
Exclusion and Embrace (Volf)
Science and Grace (Morris, Petcher)
Can Man live without God (Zacharius)
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (Newbigin)
The Story We Find Ourselves In (McLaren)
The Journey (Guiness)
Hitler's Cross (Lutzer)
No Man is an Island (Merton)
Simply Christian (Wright)
