bubble tea.

I absolutely love bubble tea. Smackin on the tapioca pearls is my favorite part.
Grand Rapids, I hope you have some bubble tea joints.

This is day three of awesome weather right now.
Not a cloud in sight. It gets warm on my back. I'm donning shades. Way to go summer!

I have recently taken a short trip to Vancouver, BC.
Spiro and I drove up Monday night and stayed through Wednesday morning. The weather could not have been better! On our drive back we could spot every mountain.

Someone just told me of this today... kudos to her!
www.onedressprotest.com


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life's a puzzle.

I feel compelled to write this, because it fits so nicely with recent posts.

I go to a church. Called Roots.
This church is unlike any church I've frequented.
Because, this church is a conversation.
The entire time is fellowship, worship, and reflection.

Tonight's topic was about touch.
We shared how touch is so necessary and how our society is so parched from its benefits.
Basically, we feel better when we are hugged.
Just admit it, we're all softies.

So do yourself and the world a favor, and go hug someone!


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God is a relationship.

I don't know how they did it.
Hermits, I mean.
A life alone?
Who do they tell about their day?
Who can they hug?
Would not their presence become stale to themselves?

I would wither.
I would not thrive.
But to thrive,
I need people. I need laughter! I need conversations.
I need relationships.
why? Because I need God.
God is a relationship.
Three beings. All in a perfect relational setting.
Three points in a plane is the sturdiest.

I love this about God.

holding hands.

There is the sweetest little Cuban lady that I see quite frequently at church, the Greenbean, out walking, etc. Her name is Rosa and I think she is so amazing. She's quite chatty, but despite her talkative ways, she has a lot to talk about! She has a way of incorporating Jesus/love in any conversation and how He has worked in her life. Her lifestyle and perception of other people's lives are so finely tuned in with Jesus, it's just so inspiring. Her vision and experience of the Gospel is so earthy and real. Any day I see her I ask her what she's been up to for the day and she'll respond that she's been "fishing." (for people... as in, "fishers of men")
One of the things I love about her is that she has a real dependance and faith in God. I find that so often I can get caught up in issues like money and thinking "if only I had more money..." etc. And it reminds me that I don't want that baggage!
Rosa also does a lot of hugging and hand touching. It is so heart warming. I was standing with her the other day and she simply reaches and holds my hand. Human touch can be so effective!