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May 2011

May 06, 2011
Early success is like putting Miracle Gro on your character defects.”  --Michael J. Fox @...
May 05, 2011
(A follow up to I’m Torturing my kids)“How was it?” I asked Kai-Kai when picking...
May 03, 2011
None of my kids were early readers, and this really stressed me out.With my son,...

April 2011

April 30, 2011
Our granola breakfast looks like this upside down--lots of fruit on the bottom with a...
April 29, 2011
I turn 46 tomorrow, and although I’ve already hit the mid-way point of my life,...
April 28, 2011
Several years ago I thought of leaving campus ministry to take a church job.  When...
April 27, 2011
My 2 younger kids claim I’m abusing them.  Is it because I’m forcing straight As...
April 26, 2011
This morning on NPR I heard that the last company that produces manual typewriters has...
April 22, 2011
(yet another blog that sort of picks up on the theme of true self/false self)My...
April 21, 2011
(This is blog post #5 in a series on True Self/False self--you probably want to...
April 20, 2011
(This is blog post #4 on a series looking at True Self/False self.  Click here...
April 19, 2011
(Blog #3 in a series on True Self vs. False Self.  Click here to read...
April 18, 2011
The first night of my spiritual retreat last week, Adele gave us a chart contrasting...
April 14, 2011
(This is the first of 6 reflections on True Self/False Self.  Read #2, #3, #4,...
April 12, 2011
How do you make dinner after a 3 day Chicago work trip followed by a...
April 08, 2011
“How’re you doing with God?” I asked Ling during our “special time.”I’ve been a “professional”...
April 06, 2011
As of 4:41ish, I have 2 teenage girls.  Today is Kai-Kai’s 13th birthday, and even though...
April 05, 2011
I don’t get why my kids think they can barge into my room during a...

March 2011

March 31, 2011
When I was on my first summer urban project back in 1988, just after my...
March 30, 2011
My former boss used to say he thought I’d end up in management someday because...
March 30, 2011
I don’t know what I’m doing.Literally. When Scott set up this blog for me almost...
March 28, 2011
I made it through the weekend without fighting with my daughter, which means we’ve managed...
March 25, 2011
12.5 hours after flying home, I haven’t yet fought with my daughter who always picks...
March 24, 2011
I’ ve just experienced exactly 63 hours of Lenten success, avoiding criticism for that entire...
March 13, 2011
My pastor likes to say he’s broken more fasts than any of us have ever...
March 10, 2011
I knew it wouldn’t be easy. Anyone who read the comment Ling left predicting my...
March 09, 2011
Happy Ash Wednesday! For those from non-liturgical backgrounds, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent,...
March 03, 2011
My father used to threaten that he would die if he didn’t have Chinese food...

February 2011

February 28, 2011
I just said no to my first string bikini. Not one for me—I said no...
February 24, 2011
I don’t do well on vacation. Scott notes that while I’m generally not that stressed...
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