Last week as we were preparing for the wedding, a friend said that he was praying that “the love you have for your daughter would remind you of His great love for you.”   There is a tradition at weddings these days called the “father-daughter dance.” In it, a father and daughter, well, um, dance. […]

“Help. Stuck in the elevator” That was the text I finally got on Saturday afternoon after I missed a couple phone calls and someone found me. We were at the church, some of us, after Hope’s wedding. Family and close friends were at the after party. I was talking to people working in the kitchen. […]

A couple months ago, I started publishing just three posts a week. I mentioned that part of the reason was preparation for a wedding. The wedding time is here. Tomorrow, August 15, Hope Swanson and Dan Smith are getting married. You’ve heard about Hope here at 300, and read some of her writing. She’s our […]

First published August 14, 2014 I’ve got great friends with helpful ideas. I haven’t folded them into my life as well I would like. But they are worth sharing with you. 1. My friend Char explained how she made decisions about requests for her time. “I’ve got 168 hours in my week,” she said. “I […]