99 goals for 2011 – a planning exercise

Richard asked me about my 99 goals for 2011. I told him that my friend Marc has talked about an annual goal-setting exercise, one that starts by making a list of 100 goals for the year. I struggle with goals. I’m a second chair person. I help other people get their goals done. I used […]

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About the saint in Patrick

Yep. Tomorrow is St Patrick’s day. We know the Irish part. But what about the saint part? I’ve been rereading “The Celtic Way of Evangelism.” In it, George Hunter talks about how Patrick worked in Ireland. A few basics. In the late 300s, Patrick was a 16 year-old English boy when he was kidnapped and […]

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Still.

I’m struggling to be still these days. Too many things to fix. Too many problems to solve. Too many waves, too much wind. I’m in the boat, shaking Jesus. I want to know that he knows we are all drowning. *** She wasn’t old enough for a funeral. No one is, I suppose, but 47 years […]

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The terror of normal

He was a guy. He was sitting, calmly, listening to Jesus. He looked normal. And he was. People from the neighborhood came out to see Jesus. They heard about pigs flying. Flying like lemmings that is, leaping from cliffs like ones possessed. They heard about a huge stampede, an economic crisis in an agricultural community. When the […]

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looking for answers by searching.

On Tuesday, March 8, more than 750 people wanted to find out what to give up for Lent and so went to their computer and typed “what to give up for Lent” or some variation of that phrase.  On Wednesday, March 9, another 2500 or so asked. I know this because those people found their way […]

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