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Week eight

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” — Frederick Buechner, American writer and theologian There was no gladness in my house this morning, deep or otherwise. Three nights of too little sleep does two very grumpy children make. In the first hour and [...]

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Week seven

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , on December 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“I do like Christmas on the whole. In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill.  But it is clumsier every year. ” ~ E.M. Forster The week before Christmas week is always insane. Farrah Fawcett insane; not really hurting anybody but enough to keep you on your toes. So much to do before [...]

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Dining with boys

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” — Plato After 42 days of daily meals together, I can tell you this: The first lesson about the family dinner is commitment. The second is routine. The third is flexibility. The fourth is realizing that the entire idea is unmanageable yet somehow, every day, [...]

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Week Six

Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , , on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“I can still taste it.” — Noah, eyes closed, with the last Kahlua Kiss having just dissolved in his mouth Sunday night Five successful weeks — 35 days — of eating together every day. We’re totally into the groove. It’s really not that difficult most days. Here’s what this week looks like: Sunday: We had [...]

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Week Five

Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“This family dinner thing is killing me!” — Sawyer, as we sat down to eat at 7:50 pm on Sunday (he’d declared the bacon an appetizer about 7) And so month two of feeding my family, feeding Africa, feeding my soul begins. It has been a wonderful — and busy — month. I can’t imagine [...]

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Week Two

Posted in Africa, tagged , , , , , , on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mohandas Gandhi The weekend was completely filled with the Global Village Market, a two-day event I help organize annually at our church. It’s an inspiring alternative holiday market where people can buy fair-trade goods or “gifts” — like a pig for Heifer [...]

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