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Our lives are so intertwined. Today reminded me how much we affect each other. A packed church for a memorial service offered dozens of examples for how a life well-lived makes a positive difference. Tonight an unexpected conversation reminded me of a hard truth. Sometimes …

You have things you regret from your younger days, don’t you? At least the one I want to write about is a very minor regret… Twenty years ago today, the 102nd annual Tournament of the Roses Parade wound its way one block from our one-bedroom, …

I love to write. I don’t do it often enough. So once upon a time (2005) I started a blog to push me to write more regularly, on blogspot with the title “Gregg’s Gambles”. Behind that alliterative title was a hope to take risks and …

Once upon a time, companies made products. Your local weaver gained a reputation for excellence, because you saw her clothes day after day on your aunt and your neighbor and your classmate, and you knew they were worthwhile. Population grew, industry had a revolution, and …

On March 21, I went back to the first two chapters of Job. One of the biggest questions that comes from Job we haven’t addressed until now. What kind of God lets this kind of undeserved suffering to occur? Why would I serve a God …

On March 14, I looked at what God finally said to Job. My first reaction was that I didn’t particularly like what God said-but the key truth is that God DID show up! I finished with a challenge. If you’ve never experienced God showing up …

Got a little behind on posting. On March 7, I looked at how Job’s friends responded to Job. What got them in trouble? How can we avoid the same mistakes when we have friends who are suffering? Here’s the link.

I was just telling my kids this week that the “Gregorys” from history were popes, and none of them were all that great. But I forgot about the desert fathers! And here’s a great Christmas sermon from my namesake from Nazianzus: Christ is born, glorify …

John became Archbishop of Constantinople, known as the “golden mouthed”…this is what “Chrysostom” means. It will not be difficult to see where this name came from. What shall I say to you; what shall I tell you? I behold a Mother who has brought forth; …

…and now I’m making time to write it down. When I read on Saturday that President Bush had vetoed the anti-torture bill passed by Congress, I about blew a gasket. Here’s the thing: we can disagree politically, we can disagree about what’s best to do …