Today was a good day at church. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been meeting with other pastors in town, and we’ve sensed that God would love to see different churches be more supportive of each other. So, today, we built on that …
Read More1985 CHS Speech team
So my memory was triggered, and here’s the picture of us speechies, 20 years ago, at PSU. We finished 2nd in the state, losing to Lincoln by only 1 point, says my yearbook. Top row, left to right, is: Keith Anderson ’85, Susan Beck ’87, …
Read MorePortland’s Central Library
This is where Lisa Verch Fletcher & I did research for our pathetic career as debate partners. When she realized “reference” meant we couldn’t check it out, she threatened to throw it out this window and grab it from the bushes below! Now she’s an …
Read More20 years ago…
…I was right here, with 10 friends or so, celebrating our speaking prowess. TWENTY YEARS!!
Read MoreTechno blogging
Those of you who come to my blog for the scintillating conversation about deep topics may be sadly disappointed over the next few days. As you can see from my posts on Thursday, I’ve entered a whole new technological nirvana-I can blog from my phone. …
Read MoreThe sesame beef…
…was particularly good!
Read MoreHappy Birthday!
We’re celebrating two birthdays-Elaine’s mom & my mom’s tonight. (Blogged via camera phone on the spot.)
Read MoreTime to Sacrifice
Here’s the message I gave today, based on 1 John 4: 7-12. Actually, it’s on most of 1 John. And actually, I only gave it during 2nd and 3rd service. Everybody else took over in 1st service, and it was great!
Read MoreSome catching up
It’s funny; the blog finally did what I was hoping it would do. We actually had a significant discussion in an online format that was helpful. And that good thing makes it hard to actually post again. How can we top the last discussion? Oh …
Read MoreI’m living this today
This is my movie clip of the day. I’m finally living into one of the classic lines from a classic movie! http://home.comcast.net/~gkoskela/mybirthday.mov
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