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slow post

Normally I Am Slow

- - Fun / Humor, Life With God, Uncategorized

Normally I am slow. I like to take my time thinking about stuff. You won’t get big reactions from me. And if you ask what I think about some big issue or crisis du jour… my favorite answer is “I don’t know.” I joke with Shari that my gravestone should say “I don’t know” on it (she asks billions of questions and gets this answer from me all the time).

Normally I am slow. But not yesterday.

Things started out pretty typical. Shari left the house first. Then I got Ashah off to school. I was enjoying those few moments of quietness (OK, it was my 30-minute nap that I take every morning) when all of the sudden, my phone blew up.

I’ve never heard text messages come in such rapid succession. It was vibration… Read More

sunrise post

Love Like The Sunrise

- - Life With God, Uncategorized

On Monday morning, Shari, Ashah, and Ashah’s friend Mackenzie left the house at 4:30am to drive up to Naches Peak Loop – which is part of the Pacific Crest Trail near Mt. Rainier. They wanted to watch the sun rise.

I stayed at home, in bed.

Ashah came home with… Read More

sunday shout outs 2015

Yay Internet! It’s Been a Good Week.

- - Guest Posts, Life With God, Uncategorized

On Sundays I like to share what I thought was particularly good on the Internet from the week.  So here they are – from my screen to yours – a few shout-out-worthy posts…

shallow small group post

This post: Shallow Small Group Bible Study from RightNowMedia.org. Here’s my favorite line: “Some people say we’re superficial. But, hey, the word ‘super’ is in superficial. I mean, who doesn’t want to be… Read More

a better and more beautiful way

A Better, More Beautiful Way

- - Life With God, Uncategorized

I’m obsessed with this idea…

There is a better, more beautiful way. I want to be about this. And I want to be working together with Kingdom of God people who are about this.

Admittedly it is not a fully formed thought—not for me anyway, not yet. But like I said, I’m obsessed with it. I can’t stop thinking about it. One of the ways I like to work on unformed ideas is to talk about them (or tweet them).

Last week I tweeted… Read More

able to be questioned post

A True Story About Pizza, Tipping, And The Cost Of Not Being Able To Be Questioned

- - Life With God, Uncategorized

The following is a true story…

In a land far, far away (Yakima, Washington), I was riding high. My youth ministry was the biggest thing in town and we were on the verge of launching another service at Central Washington University. I had several employees working for me and a crazy band of leaders who would do just about anything for the cause.

Great things were happening. We were making a difference in the lives of young people and it was having an impact on our city.

Also, I was full of myself. I felt successful and was… Read More

tribute to my mom A STRONG WOMAN

Tribute To My Mom (A Strong Woman)

- - Life With God, Uncategorized

Today is my mom’s memorial service. My dad and the four of us kids all wrote something to be shared at the service… and here is what I wrote:

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When people talk about my mom, I often hear them say things like, “She lit up the room with her smile,” or “She is so sweet.”

Yes. It’s true. I can’t argue with that.

But I do have something to add.

My mom is a strong woman. And by strong, I mean… Read More