End of February

It is, as you already know, the last day of February. I thought about goals, about progress. I have a couple of exciting projects in the works. I am growing and learning. (I should be shrinking and learning, but that’s a different goal.) I wondered, however, as I was thinking, “How much time have I […]

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On purpose – a weekend reader

My friends push me. Hope wrote about being intentional. She’s a college student. She quit a job this week because it didn’t fit. She’s starting a Bible study in two weeks because it does.  And she pushes me to be a dad. Chris wrote about what you could do with an extra thirty minutes. He’s […]

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not a birthday post.

Andrew showed up in our arms 24 years ago today. Today I should talk about Andrew. I should talk about how much I understand about the love of a father for a child that I never knew before Andrew was born, and how much that has taught me about God’s love for me. I should […]

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all wet.

I don’t know whether or not you watch football on television. If you don’t, sometime you need to watch the very end of a football game. As the last few seconds disappear from the clock, watch the winning coach very closely. You may see a couple of guys carrying a big round plastic cooler full […]

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a travel writer and the kingdom of heaven

I was listening to Rick Steves the other day. He does travel shows on public television. He concentrates on Europe. He wants people to become “temporary locals,” to live like residents of the country. In the interview, he talked about his sense of responsibility as a travel writer to visit places that are portrayed in […]

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