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Safety!!! A cure for weariness, fear and sadness. I have heard in the last weeks the word “safety” cropping up in random conversations. This is not a statement about the state of our world where one can hardly feel safe, but rather a wondering about how safe many of our fundamental relationships are. JRR Tolkien describes Rivendell (Frodo and Sam, the Hobbits’, homeland) in this manner, and it seems to apply to us today. “Frodo was now safe in the Last Homely House east of the sea. That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, ‘a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all’. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness.” I was thinking about the most robust families I know and have studied, and the general consensus is that those ‘optimal’ families are blessed with delighting in being with each other… However, before you jump, also note that they are the best at facing and grappling with conflict. There are two things then that speak to this safety we long for; one is a place where trust is present and growing, and two, that conflict is both worked through and increasingly seen as a friend. 1st Peter 5: 6,7,8,9. Grace-filled joy to all of you in your relationships this season! Hud and Nancy were recently in Germany for their annual CONNECT conference with their CAI staff. Here is one of the sessions which Hud spoke at. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Starting School in a . . . → Read More: Hud on Kelly Crull’s Blog Hello friends, I just received a much needed email from Hud today. Yesterday, I had surgery on my bladder and I wanted you, our dear friends, to know that everything went quite well. I’m resting today, as Lexi and the boys are going up to their old neighborhood to be with friends and to . . . → Read More: France and Germany Good morning!  Hud and Nancy | © Photo by Sherry Peters Photography Since the first week in July, we’ve had people in our home. Hud has been wonderful - making beds and cooking! Leadership for CAI were here starting July 6th, until our CONNECT (July 12-16) in Granby, Colorado, (just one of 5 Regional CONNECTS this year). Hud spoke at this CONNECT, and did a couple of workshops on “Shame”. Then our Dutch family from the Netherlands came to stay with us for several days after CONNECT. It was lovely to have them. They’ve been saving for this for several years. They have 4 kids that we call our Dutch babies. The morning they left, I went to my H.S. girlfriend’s funeral, and needless to say, “I was done” - that end of the rope thing, you know. That night we had a huge wind and hail storm, which totaled our roof and sheds and damaged my beautiful flowers in our backyard, and tore off 3 huge limbs from our tree in the front yard. And since Hud was making a bed for Huddy and April in our garage, my car was out - yes the one that was given to me when we left TX. And yes, it too was totaled. So sorry! I guess I had a little rope left after all. :o) Then our two grand daughters came to stay with us (Cate, 4 and Olive, 1) for 3 days. They took a lot of energy! And speaking of energy, at the end of the day, I would say that the girls won :o), but we had such fun, and it was a privilege to keep them. Jeff and Libby came the last night of their stay, and we all had breakfast together on our patio the next morning. The weather is spectacular in Colorado (when it’s not hailing)! That same evening, Jody, Lexi and Zane, 10, and Tab, 8, came to be with us for 3 weeks, from Heidelberg. Actually, Jody leaves the 9th to go back to Heidelberg because of work, but Lexi and the boys will be here till about the 19th of Aug. Continue reading Company and Family Dear Ones, I was amused yesterday, when Hud told me that he had 52 “intense and passionate” emails from friends we hadn’t heard about from decades ago! While in Dallas recently, we saw our “web master” who suggested that Hud look at his website from time to time! :o) Duh! He had a . . . → Read More: Latest in the lives of the Macs! i just discovered,always being on top of things, that i have emails connected with this site. duh [ that is my name spelled backwards after all ] :o) This is the complete Conversations on Forgiveness which includes the entire lecture and the QA discussion. Here is the full video download (over 500mb) - please have patience as its kind of large: Hud McWilliams - Conversations on Forgiveness Here is just the Audio: [Audio clip: view full post . . . → Read More: Conversations on Forgiveness - Complete Presentation/Discussion A Conversation on Forgiveness | 7 - . . . → Read More: A Conversation on Forgiveness | 7 |
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Here’s an end of the year thought from Hud to start your NEW YEAR off right! :o)
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