Meet Friar Finnigan O'Flannery - or as he likes to be called, Finn. Isn't he so cute you could eat him? Finn is the newest member of our family and is at serious risk of being spoiled beyond belief. At this present moment, he is asleep in my bed. Under my blanket. Who am I even? I try my darnedest to not spoil anyone in my house, especially animals, but Finn hops like a bunny and cuddles. I mean, look at him. I'm toast. About a month ago, we had to put down our family dog Bud

Today would have been my daughter’s 16th birthday. If things would have been different, we would be driving to the Department of Public Safety and taking an awkward picture for her first driver’s license. We would have been going out to Chuy’s for dinner because surely Mexican food would be her favorite. And I probably would have been clinging to my husband’s hand and trying to breathe deeply as I watched her back out of the driveway for her first solo drive with friends. If

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth . . . Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. (Deuteronomy 7:6,9) Don’t you love the idea of being chosen? In fourth grade I had a crush on a boy named Troy, an

2 Samuel 11 & 12 Oh, King David had done it now. At the time when all the kings had gone out in battle to protect their land or overtake others’, David opted to stay home and take a walk on his roof. As his men valiantly fought for their king and country, David, safe and cozy in Jerusalem, sauntered high above all and discovered a beautiful woman bathing in a nearby home below. We know the rest of the story. David exercised his royal authority to “take” Bathsheba and had wha