Quotidian Grace

Last night Mike and I had the privilege of hosting tables at a dinner for about 350 refugees in the Houston area that was co-sponsored by...

Shuttered windows Warm dark and gloomy rooms Saving electricity Dogs napping all day One hundred six degrees outside Too hot to play ...

This is amazing! Two thousand people show up in Houston for this Flash Dance celebrating the resurrection of Christ organized by Second Ba...

SO TRUE! It's 75 degrees and we're sipping ice tea on the porch in our flip-flops. Love this!!

This week has been pretty busy and the busy-ness is mostly unbloggable stuff at church and at home. However, you will be happy to know that ...

Houston media is all a-twitter (#corpseflower) about the imminent bloom of Lois The Corpse Flower at the Museum of Natural Science. The Muse...

Today I met the first woman to become a lawyer in Pakistan. Well, I didn't meet her personally, but she spoke at the sold-out Three Cups...

Let's start with the proposition that patio dresses should stay on the patio--or porch--and not out in the general public. It's been...

We've been sweltering down here for a couple of weeks now in 100 degree plus temperatures. The local paper sponsored a haiku contest , ...

When I heard the news about the shooting at the Holocaust Museum on the radio while running errands, it really gave me a start. The announce...

In the midst of the gazillion details involved in moving to the new house, Mike and I took last night off to attend the Houston Holocaust Mu...

Last week El Jefe and I had were privileged to have an invitation to preview "The Birth of Christianity, A Jewish Story" exhibit...

News flash : The weatherman claims there are snow flurries in Houston. I thought that's what hit me on my way to the mailbox just now. I...

QG tries to keep faithful readers abreast of the latest religious developments in the greater Houston area. Thankfully, this time I don'...

Yesterday afternoon El Jefe and I joined SIL and BIL at the last Astros game of the season. Today's game had the largest attendance of a...

Houston's got really hot weather. Here's a cool place we can get together. When it's one hundred and five, You need ice to su...

With a month of rainy days in the last 6 weeks, Houston fashionistas flock to buy the newest ladies' footwear.

The rain came down in TORRENTS this afternoon. That makes rain for more than 2 weeks straight. Swapping my car for an ARK.... Soppily yours,...

Houstonians are more apt to turn to religion for health and well-being than doctors, according to a story in today's Houston Chronicle. ...