August 31, 2015 Tomorrow is a game-change day. Give me a break… Cheri and I have six amazing grandchildren; they range from 17 to 5 in age. Jackson was first; I was 45 when he was born (my dad was 45 when I came along). I have season tickets – on the front row – …
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Two words that say everything
August 24, 2015 Choose two words to describe Donald Trump. What would you say? Let’s make sure we’re talking about the same guy. White Pages (whitepages.com) says that they have 43 listings for “Donald Trump” – in 15 states – and 42 of them are not the person-in-question. There’s only one Donald Trump. Just two …
Are you at risk for a toxic event?
August 17, 2015 It was once called “The River of Lost Souls.” Named by Spanish explorers in the 1700s, what is now the Animas (Spanish: “souls”) River, in Southwest Colorado, flows south out of the San Juan Mountains – past Durango – into New Mexico, where it ultimately joins the San Juan River on its …
The things we love tell us who we are (Aquinas)
August 10, 2015 Take a minute; let’s talk about stuff. First, let’s make sure we’re talking about the same stuff. Stuff comes in three varieties. Stuff 1 (its synonym is “dunk”) is a verb; if you’re in the NBA, it’s one of your monetized assets. Outside sports, it can be literal (as in, “to pack …
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22 Years Ago Tonight
August 3, 2015 Some days are more memorable than others. It’s been 22 years – today – but the effects of August 3, 1993 are still powerful, for me. I was in my second year as senior pastor at a large church with larger challenges. I was in my Sabbath month break – in the …