Should I Retire? . . . .
Did you happen to catch the cover of yesterday’s Parade Magazine? It was right there in my Sunday paper yesterday morning where it always is, buried in the weekly stuffing made up of colorful sale flyers advertising all kinds of…
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Almost 20! . . .
For this blog entry, I’d like to step out of the normal routine of talking about culture, faith, and life, to talking about CPYU. Tuesday of this week will be a day to look back and say “thank you.” Wednesday…
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When Celebrity Dies. . . .
Another clump of celebrity deaths. . . and they all played some type of role in my childhood and young adult years. I hadn’t thought about any of them at all until their names hit the news this week. First,…
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So This Is Who We Are? . . .
I suppose these are things I already knew. I just didn’t know it was so bad. I’m still trying to process it all. It’s come to light as I’ve been forced to deconstruct and understand traffic to this blog and…
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Too Much Shakin Goin On. . . .
The Friday death of John Houghtaling conjured up a pop culture memory that’s appropriate to recall during Father’s Day weekend. You see, Houghtaling was the inventor of a delightful little device – at least I thought so – that I…
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Parenting Secrets. . . .
There’s a funny little story that gets told around our house every Father’s Day. It’s about something that happened in our family on a Father’s Day about nineteen or twenty years ago. It was a beautiful Father’s Day afternoon and…
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I’ve Been Surrounded. . .
One thing I’ve always loved about the Old Testament are the passages of remembrance. These are the times when the leaders of Israel would call all the people around to remind them of what God had done in their midst.…
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Father Memories. . .
Sunday June 21 is Father’s Day. On that Sunday night, one in three children in America will go to bed in a home where their father does not live. To be more specific, that group includes over 25 million children.…
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In My Blood. . .
Before leaving for our trip to Kenya and Rwanda with Compassion International four weeks ago, I had several people tell me how the trip would change my life. A handful of people actually used these words: “Africa will get in…
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Jon & Kate. . . Too Late?
A train rolled into my tiny little neighborhood three years ago. About a year later, that train was making some noise as the wheels were starting to come off the tracks. Now, that train – as everyone with eyes and…
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It Doesn’t Get Much Worse – Or Better – Than This. . . .”
I’ve got a hunch that I’ll remember May 18 as the sixth best day of my life. The day I was married stands immovable at #1. There’s a four-way tie for second place that’s occupied by the arrivals of four…
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Eat The Goat. . . .
Sunday in Africa. . . . and by the end of the day, Sunday’s will never be the same! We get up early for a ride out of Nairobi and into Kenya’s Rift Valley. This time, however, our group doesn’t…
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