Kids and Family
- Audrey is doing her Musical Theater class at Imagination Stage. They're working on a Wicked production.
- Wesley actually let us sign him up for a basketball team. We'll see what happens when it actually starts in November, but he seems maybe to be excited about it?
- GW, where Emily works, did have some layoffs this fall, but it did not affect her or her office, thank God.
Ministry & Work
- Loving preaching through Revelation (sermons.thetablechurch.org)
- Table Church is struggling financially, but that's no surprise given the rough state of the DC economy
Reading & Watching
- Dominion by Tom Holland, one of the best history books I've read
- Bunch of Revelation books. Scot McKnight's Revelation for the Rest of Us. Eugene Peterson's Reversed Thunder. Richard Bauckham's The Theology of the Book of Revelation. All excellent.
- Fiction reading has slowed down for me. So it's mostly the books that Emily and I read together. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna was charming and delightful. Currently reading The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. Secret witches combined with late 1800s suffrage movement. Should be fun!
- Watching newest seasons of All Creatures Great and Small (perfect cozy show) and the Great British Bake Off. Some Poldark for drama. I feel bad for the current season of Taskmaster, just because it can never compete with last season's cast.
Shiny New Objects
- Dyson V15 stick vacuum. I bought a canister vacuum last year when our Shark died. To be clear, it is an excellent, powerful vacuum. It's also large, hard to maneuver, and Emily hates it. Which means I'm the only one who uses it.
- So we found a deal on a Dyson via eBay, and lemme tell you...it's pretty amazing. No, not as powerful. But convenient may beat power, just because it's so darn easy to pick up and use.
- Also excited to use The Personal Retreat Planner, designed by one of my favorite productivity/personal-leadership gurus, Mike Schmitz.
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A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child. The righteousness of the righteous shall be their own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be their own. —Ezekiel 18:20
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