(This is a repost from June 28, 2011. The original title was “How Donald Miller helped me write my dad’s eulogy”). June 14, 2011 I was at a picnic lunch with people from work. I got a call from my sister. My dad was having a hard time breathing. He wanted a ride to the […]

I wish I’d seen barnacles sometime in my life. I don’t like using cliche metaphors unless I’ve seen what I’m talking about. And I’ve heard that barnacles cling to the bottoms of boats and slow them down. And I’ve heard that it’s important to scrape them off from time to time lest the boat gets […]

I need your help to think something through. I’ve been working on it for a week. I was looking at the end of Colossians. Paul mentions several individuals. One, Epaphras, was from Colosse. He had been part of starting the church. He had been the primary teacher. At the time Paul is writing, Epaphras is […]

Some of us know the feeling of checking our email and our other technologies all the time. We just sit and click. We fear disconnection. There are several possible reasons, I think. We are exhausted and can’t think of anything else to do. This one I understand. Please go take a nap. The others are […]