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May 2008

May 04, 2008
In the first place, if you know me even casually you will know my dismay,...

April 2008

April 30, 2008
I'm surprised by my feelings, since I have years of experience dealing with this very...
April 22, 2008
You know, sometimes the best thing you can say is, "who cares?" One of my...
April 14, 2008
I gave up the dream of my children bragging about me on the playground long...
April 03, 2008
I can hardly bear to write about this, preferring, I suppose, to live in the...

March 2008

March 27, 2008
It was poet/writer Wendell Berry who coined the phrase "practice resurrection." He used it, in...
March 21, 2008
In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia rising from the...
March 19, 2008
It has begun. Holy Week, you see, never seems very holy to me. At least...
March 17, 2008
My colleague Paul has been on my case more than usual lately because I've fallen...
March 10, 2008
peace comes stealing slow falls like silent snow swings down sweet and low peace comes...
March 10, 2008
Today I took a Sunday off to travel to Richmond with my family to hear...
March 06, 2008
I love it when the perfect sermon illustration comes along just at the right time....

February 2008

February 25, 2008
As one who does not own an ipod I am in the minority in my...
February 20, 2008
Witness my excellent birthday present from a colleague:
February 14, 2008
Yorkie Puppy—$350, male/female, 12 weeks yrs old, 202-347-8355 Price: $350 Date Listed: Feb 14 2008...
February 12, 2008
It seems a little strange that a small pile of dirt gives me such comfort,...
February 07, 2008
Calvary showed the documentary film For the Bible Tells Me So last Sunday afternoon.  We'd...
February 05, 2008
It was his sermon title but, I have to tell you, I got complaints later...

January 2008

January 29, 2008
I'm still muttering under my breath from time to time: "Why didn't they have something...
January 26, 2008
I've been thinking about confession lately. Lent, as you know, is almost upon us. This...
January 16, 2008
I have not spent too many moments of these ten ordained years living life as...
January 08, 2008
It's back to school this week for an intensive week reading about and discussing the...
January 04, 2008
I've been spending some time lately with the writings of Julian of Norwich. An English...
January 02, 2008
Powerful thoughts from Eugene Peterson's introduction to 1, 2 and 3rd John in his biblical...

December 2007

December 24, 2007
I thought she was joking when she told me she was a "motivated beginner" but...
December 19, 2007
The following is pretty personal . . . it's one of those entries you probably...
December 15, 2007
He could tell that I was green, green, green, and profoundly unsure of what I...
December 11, 2007
How predictable. For one entire calendar year I have visited my orthodontist with a level...
December 08, 2007
This is the way I heard it: Our friend Carol was standing at the counter...
December 05, 2007
Don't you love it when you happen to pick up a book that lives with...
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