Month: November 2011
Advent
Posted: November 29, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Advent
The first day of Advent was this past Sunday. I guess I’m a scrooge because I don’t like this season. There’s too much fake happiness and high expectations. There is too much tinsel and Holiday madness. It’s difficult for me to find God in December which is why I don’t like this month at all. […]
Read more...Travel
Posted: November 23, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
I like to see different parts of the world but I don’t like to travel. I need to have things familiar around me and going to a new place always throws my system off. My husband, Michael, loves to travel so I try to deal with my difficulties. Sometimes, I just let him go alone […]
Read more...Memory
Posted: November 10, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
I preached my favorite sermon Hagar: A First Person Sermon last Sunday at Circle of Mercy. I’ve preached this sermon several times and I must say, it’s a pretty good one. I wrote it when I was a student at Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City in the early 90’s. I preached it again at […]
Read more...Speech
Posted: November 1, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: focus, overstimulation, stress
The picture on the left doesn’t have anything to do with my speech but rather is a picture of my coffee grinder. This morning I ground some coffee beans and brewed up some fresh coffee in my super-duper coffee maker. I don’t drink coffee every day, only for a treat. When I drank it every […]
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