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Convergent Friends #1

I remembered my blog… 😉 And notice the hopeful way I title this post, implying that just maybe, perhaps, this might be the first in a series celebrating Convergent October 2008. Obviously, I have not made time for the blog for quite a long time. …

Advice

I can’t help but notice… Amidst the failure of Lehman brothers, the Merrill Lynch buyout, AIG danger, Bear Stearns; right at the root, here is the common denominator: The financial titans on Wall Street put all their eggs into a basket of mortgaged-back securities and …

Esther

Before I post what I shared last Sunday in worship, I feel like I owe a little bit of an explanation about why it’s been so long between postings of messages. During our corporate fast this summer, our big goal was to set aside normal …

First Day!

It’s a big day at the Koskela household… My bride has her first day with students at her new job, as an educational aide at the alternative high school. Aubrey starts 1st grade, going all day for the first time. Hayley starts middle school, switching …

Old greybeard

Grew a goat on vacation, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? My chin has gone grey. Just four years ago, the last time I grew it out, things looked quite a bit different: Thought I’d post it for posterity because I just shaved …

$24.30 + $31.95 = the cost of a miracle

Back in the summer of 1990, freshly married, in limbo between college and seminary, we watched a film series on Sunday nights at Newberg Friends. It was Gary Smalley, as Tamara reminded me yesterday, talking about family relationships. What stood out to a bunch of …

Home, but still vacating

After 42 hours and 35 minutes of driving, and 2,214 miles, we’re back home. But I’m still officially on vacation, and I’m glad for that! We had an amazing time, full of scenic beauty, adventure, and crisis. I’ll probably blog about the crisis first, but …

Too much vacation, not enough internet!

Having too much fun to blog…just a little bit of internet tonight before we leave in the morning for Yellowstone. Glacier was unbelievable! By the numbers, rapidly: 7 cutthroat trout at Old Man Lake 6 mile hike (one way) to get to Old Man Lake …

Days 1 and 2

Aiming to leave Monday at around 9, we got out our driveway a little before 1. Not bad. Our destination was Osburn, Idaho, about an hour east of Spokane, Washington. Considering our late start AND that we literally, actually ran out of gas on the …

Rapid Recap

Hey there, hi there, and ho there! I haven’t forgotten this blog, it just looks like I have. Our church has experienced a corporate fast, we’ve been preparing for vacation, I’ve been exploring writing a dialogue with an agnostic friend of mine, and the blog …