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December 2007

December 27, 2007

Oh, the places I’ve been!

I love the way 2007 began for Bill and I: the pastor of the church...

December 20, 2007

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

It is always surprises people when I tell them that when I was growing up,...

December 17, 2007

Thank you for praying!

Carlos will be receiving his green card within weeks!!!

December 14, 2007

Across the divide

This week, Scot McKnight's must-read Jesus Creed blog linked to an excellent Books & Culture...

December 07, 2007

Addendum to the post below

Blogger! Grrrr!I can't quite figure out why the formatting of the post below is whack-a-doodle....

December 07, 2007

A face to go with the news story

Here are the faces of some who have been directly and indirectly impacted by the...

November 2007

November 30, 2007

Give it away, give it away now

I've been working with home schooled writing students for well over a decade, first in...

November 26, 2007

Today is a good day for Thanksgiving

I've been battling some pretty big depression for the last few weeks. I could give...

November 16, 2007

All In A Friday

It was something to see 400+ local church leaders, staffers and assorted other gapers (like...

November 10, 2007

MMM…doughnuts

My recent motto: It is possible to do something humiliating EVERY SINGLE DAYSo far today,...

November 06, 2007

The blessing of a messed-up life

I've known a few people who have enjoyed relatively problem-free lives. By "few" I mean...

November 05, 2007

Hymn break

Man of Sorrows! what a nameFor the Son of God, who cameRuined sinners to reclaim:Hallelujah!...

November 02, 2007

Do I read what I write?

Apparently not.Yesterday I wrote in this blog about the parking lot known as Chicago's Edens...

November 01, 2007

My kind of town

I'm watching the local news, and they're showing a shot of the Edens Expressway. It...

October 2007

October 26, 2007

Rebel aria

So I wrote The Church For Skeptics: A Conversation For Thinking People. (The book is...

October 24, 2007

To live is Christ…

Some people from my past have appeared in digital form in my present. Whether its...

October 21, 2007

Landlocked surfing

After two months of internet semi-fasting in South Florida, I'm enjoying some Internet Water Ski...

October 13, 2007

Stuff I saw on my road trip

There's nothing like a road trip, is there? Last week, I drove from west of...

October 08, 2007

The truth sets us free – really

One of the great, sad tragedies of my mom's life was the story of how...

October 01, 2007

Click your heels together

If only it were this easy. I won't be able to click my heels together,...

September 2007

September 24, 2007

The end and the beginning

My sister Jodi returned here to south Florida on Saturday, September 22. She was going...

September 14, 2007

Phone call from death, line 1

I’ve had a front-row seat over the last three and a half weeks as I’ve...

September 07, 2007

The view from So FL

First, the update: My mom continues to fade – she’s now asking for pain and...

August 2007

August 30, 2007

A note from the cancer rollercoaster

Writing from a Starbucks in Tamarac, FL:We learned last week that my mom knew she...

August 21, 2007

Strapped onto the cancer rollercoaster

I got a phone call 11 years ago to tell me that my dad had...

August 12, 2007

Down the rabbit hole and into a writer’s life

I wasn't paying attention to some big things God was doing in my life 30...

July 2007

July 29, 2007

And what does the Lord require of you?

I had lunch on Friday with my friend Pam. We've been friends since 8th grade,...

July 25, 2007

Eatin’ good in the neighborhood

I just returned from the Wednesday afternoon farmer's market with:Dead ripe tomatoes (my addiction)Bi-color sweet...

July 22, 2007

Ch-ch-changes

Make it stop. When stuff in our lives goes through a radical rearrangement - meaning,...

July 19, 2007

July 19

Harry Jerome Marks July 19, 1933-July 19, 1997Ten years ago today, my father died on...