(This is also Barclay Press #8) I’ve said many times that I’ve found my spiritual home as a Quaker. I identify myself as a Christ-Centered Quaker. I’m going to take a stab at trying to write some of the reasons why. I’ll start with things …
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Here’s a list of topics I considered writing about, but rejected for lack of anything worthwhile coming together into coherent sentences: 9/11, StrengthsFinder, “an open letter from a pastor to churches everywhere”, why I’m a Quaker, and whether the Oregon Ducks will be able to …
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Usually, I write these posts for Barclay Press the night before. But last night, a phone call took me to the hospital. So I write this without much to look back upon, and a whole day ahead. As our youngest was getting ready for bed …
Read MoreBarclay Press #5
There are dangers in writing this blog out in the open for everyone to read! I’ve made a commitment to myself to make myself be real, but sometimes that doesn’t mesh so well with also being a pastor. I wasn’t really considering quitting; I was …
Read MoreBarclay Press #4
Today I felt like Gideon touching the wet and the dry fleece. Like Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty, asking God for a sign, and getting a whole truck full of them. As if I were trying to decide between two and four, and I decided …
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Ok, so I drafted a nice, safe, well crafted post that kept my real feelings at a distance and made for much more palatable reading…and then deleted it. I’ll risk sounding like a whiner and be more honest. Today I pulled a book off my …
Read MoreBarclay Press #2
I’ve said more times than I can count that probably the thing I love best about being a parent is watching my kids develop into their own person. We spent this past weekend at Family Camp at Twin Rocks Friends Camp. My youngest, we’re discovering …
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(As Murphy’s law might have predicted, I agreed to write for Barclay Press’s Daily Journal this week, right in the midst of a huge blogging funk. I’ll cross post here.) I’m finding myself thinking tonight about costs. There are many good things going on in …
Read MoreSlumber Party
I barely escaped with my life. By now, I’m used to being outnumbered by those of the female persuasion. Normal ratios at my house are 4 to 1. However, tonight was far from normal, my friends, far from normal. Daughter numero uno is finally celebrating …
Read MoreMiscellaneous grumbling, griping, gossip, and groveling
Grumbling=I’m tired and have too much to do. Griping=We had another throw up incident last night. Gossip=The actor Robin Williams is in town for alcohol rehab. Word is he’s required to go to Newberg Christian for worship as part of treatment. I think most of …
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