It is not that other lights are so bright, “but that the flickering candle of Christian formation was so dim.” — David Brooks, NYTimes Writing this blog, I occasionally have random people contact me. I shared in a recent message about a call from a “pagan” who praised my writing (I tempted her to go […]
Read more "Hearing"“Nobody cares about the Uyghurs.” – NBA WARRORS Part Owner The Olympics are about to start. Triple axel spins, snow slalom rush, even curling sweeps — the one sport I feel we could get a group together and compete… yet in the all the pomp, the FBI reminded our athletes to buy burner phones. Frightening, […]
Read more "Boy Caught"“Do your best to come quickly.” — 2Timothy 4:9 I arrived home after a long day. Church details, a funeral service, a cold graveside. Meg met me in the garage talking about Ezekiel and pumpkin muffins. I had eaten the last one before heading to the office and he was angry. Thankfully Meg had frozen […]
Read more "Friend"“You need to find your calm place.”– Ezekiel A stressful day found me at home. Our new phones had arrived, but things were not going smoothly. My old phone had not transferred over (and was only partially back up in the cloud — I am too cheap to pay for more space), so I was […]
Read more "Calm"With the snow falling on Saturday, Ezekiel was up early. I started the coffee, poured him chocolate milk, and we played legos. Then we heard a bang against the sliding glass door. Ezekiel ran over, but I knew what it was. Normally the birds pop back up a little dazed. This guy was motionless in […]
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