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Maybe I’m not such a bad parent…

Imagine getting a knock on the door at 1:30 in the morning. It’s a police officer standing there holding your four year old’s hand. “Uh, sir, ma’am…we just found your kid driving your car back home from the video store.” I’m not making this up…

Day 1

So now I’ve got the pressure to write something each and every day for two weeks, right out in the open in front of everybody. It’s bad enough feeling like you have to be entertaining and somewhat profound, but on top of that the Barclay …

Dual purpose blogging

For the next two weeks, I’ve been asked to write each weekday in Barclay Press’ “A Daily Journal.” I’ll post everything I write there on this blog…but, I won’t necessarily post everything here over there. So, in other words, THIS one is the cool, authorized, …

God can do what God wants!

Here’s a link to the message I’m giving today, from Acts 10: 9-23.

What will it look like?

I continue to think about the future at Newberg Friends. Here’s what I wrote today in my annual self-evaluation for the elders: Several people are talking about a new/different type of service. There are many different visions for that which need refining and discerning, as …

How to get thinking out in words

I’ve realized, again, that I’m not a verbal processor. I don’t particularly find it helpful to talk through issues I’m wrestling with. I do better going away to my cave and trying to sort things out before I talk with people. I think most bloggers, …

God is EVERYWHERE!

Here’s a link to the message I’m giving today.

I got nothing profound

Wish I did. Wish I could be profoundly moving, both for the sake of this blog and the sake of the message I have to finish for tomorrow. Ain’t happenin’. So, have some fun and go here. Talli and Hayley and I wasted a lot …

Can we WHAT?

So, it’s last Saturday, and Elaine and Talli are out. I get a call. “Can we buy a puppy?” Now, I’ve been known to be impulsive before. I bought the stupid, useless piece of garbage that was SUPPOSED to be a handheld, rechargeable carpet cleaner …

Still getting in gear

Ok, so I’m not exactly the blogg-o master of the universe yet. Playing around with some new posting tools. But in the next few days, I’ll write about Jack, secrets, and Minneapolis community. How’s that?