Do you remember where you were on June 5, 1986? (If you do, put it in the comments!) That day more than 20 years ago was our high school baccalaureate service at New Hope Community Church. Asked to speak, I wrestled with how to talk …
Read MoreTwentieth reunion reflections…part 1
I forget that this little ol’ blog is out in public on the internet. I had several people from my high school class say, “Hey, I found your blog!” John even said he reads my blog, as in, more than once. I wonder if they …
Read MoreLook closely!
Take a gander at Hayley’s new pierced ears! She wanted it, went and got it, not a whimper out of her. (Had a great time at the reunion last night…but I’m still writing a couple of posts in my head. Pics and words to follow.)
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 …
Read MoreBarclay Press #3
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 MoreThe levies are in danger of failing…
Look out, people, look out. I’m not promising anything, but I think my blog silence is about to be buried in an avalanche of words. God is doing something deep and serious in me over the last month or so. I normally think and hear …
Read MoreOn this day…
Today, I received the traditional bag of “Chips Ahoy” cookies from my friend Jim. Thanks, Jim! A year ago today, I thought I was quite creative and funny. Five years ago today, my grandpa died. Twenty years ago today, I sprained my ankle badly in …
Read MoreReflecting
I’ve been out of the regular routine for this month of February, some of it leave time, some of it working on long range stuff. This past month has been a respite of hope and healing on a journey that I think will be long. …
Read MorePost-mortem
A couple of nights ago I was at a restaurant with Aubrey and Talli, sort of a dad’s date night. On the table sat one of those wooden puzzle games, the kind that fits together neatly into a shape (in this case, a three dimensional …
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