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January 2009

January 20, 2009

What a Day

January 17, 2009

Some Things I Know

Today somebody challenged my opinion on a controversial issue; strangely, the challenge rocked my world...

January 15, 2009

My Do Ate My Keyboard

My do ate my keyboard. I'm not kiddin . I always thou ht that was...

January 12, 2009

Preparing for Adolesence

Can you? I remember that you really can't when you're 13, but I'm talking here...

January 06, 2009

Love

I don't know what else to call this post. Taken on Christmas Eve at our...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

Christmas “Letter”

Alright, alright, alright. Every time I open the mailbox and dive into holiday greetings from...

December 23, 2008

Advent at Calvary

Beautiful new stoles and vestments graced the sanctuary thanks to talented sewing-machine operators in our congregation. ...

December 22, 2008

The Longest Night

The weather outside today is absolutely frigid. Today's cold spell follows a few weeks of...

December 19, 2008

Me and Messiah

Many have asked me to post a little reflection I shared on Sunday before our...

December 15, 2008

Rationale

I must thank all of you for your thoughtful comments and helpful advice in response...

December 11, 2008

The Gift of a Life

Recently we said goodbye to our friend and colleague, Amparo Palacios, who died November 14....

December 10, 2008

Hit Single

I've been thinking quite a bit this week about music. This may surprise those of...

December 05, 2008

From the Mundane to the Ridiculous: a Breathless Litany of Woes

Caution: reading this might make you want to throw up. Me? I feel much better...

December 03, 2008

Laughingstock

Just when I think my job cannot get more weird, I get a phone call...

December 01, 2008

Further Thoughts on Being the Church

Thanks, Jourden, for your comment on my last post: But where do you find a...

November 2008

November 25, 2008

I’ve Given Up on the Church, Part 3

I was talking with a friend today about church. He said what I hear so...

November 13, 2008

Dear Michelle,

I'm probably supposed to call you something more important now that you'll soon be our...

November 07, 2008

Thoughts from the Other Side

This week I traveled to Hawaii to be with my parents and my sisters and...

October 2008

October 27, 2008

Shine, Jesus, Shine

My friend Jim always says it's through the cracks that the light shines the brightest....

October 24, 2008

Speaking of Needing New Clothes . . .

My colleague Leah shared the following with me, as we've been discussing around the office...

October 15, 2008

The Things That Heal Us

I found myself at the hospital again the other day, which is not so unusual...

October 11, 2008

Aspiring Author

Turns out that my very own offspring, who has a tendency to do everything exactly...

October 05, 2008

Sand Castles

Somehow I came to know about a poet called Gypsee Yo, who lives in Atlanta. ...

October 02, 2008

Water in the Rocks

This is the last of our Telling Stories series in worship. It has been a...

October 01, 2008

Dinner on the Ground

I am a little behind on posting art from our series Telling Stories. Two weeks...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Chubby Bunny

There has, perhaps, not been a weekend in recent memory when it rained so hard...

September 24, 2008

Don’t Cha Wish Your Pastor Was Hot Like Mine?

I just had to laugh when I first read this article in a link sent...

September 22, 2008

Next Steps

I suspect, though I am not sure exactly, that the extreme difficulty I had writing...

September 19, 2008

Be the Change

We tried an experiment this summer: easing into Wednesday night worship. It's a big deal...

September 15, 2008

Wade in the Water

This week in worship we told the story of the Hebrews crossing the Red Sea...

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