In case you ever need to know, there is a place of almost complete solitude, in the C concourse of the Portland airport. I know why. In the walkway, just before you get here, is a play place. This surely acts as a great deterrent. But I tell you to stay the course and walk…
Hey guys, I was really something the other night at a wedding shower. The bride was opening her lovely gifts, and one present was a muffin pan. “You know,” I told the bride, “I use a muffin pan to cook meatloaf, because it takes half the cooking time.” Instant fame. Apparently that was the best…
So this happened a few days ago: That’s right. Me and that man in a hot little Porsche. You know –preacher’s salary and a part-time teacher. That’s how we roll. Or maybe we have generous friends who let us play with their very nice toy for the day. What you need to know is that…
Four years ago I walked into my new Spanish room –with nothing. I knew Spanish and I knew teaching, but I had never put the two together until that day in August. Searching the room, I found nothing but a few games and two sets of outdated textbooks. So I started writing curriculum and building…
Ten people. Two bathrooms. One fridge. Five nights. That’s a recipe for something. Fourth of July forever and always means a trip to my mom’s in Wyoming. This year we threw my daughter and her husband in the backseat for the 12-hour drive that turned into 14 hours because of two unfortunate meal stops in…
Confession: My 30-year high school reunion was this week, and I did not go. Horrible person? Vote in. I saw the names of classmates come up on the reunion Facebook page, but I just kept thinking that after 30 years I don’t know any of these people. They don’t know me. A group of them…
He called on his way home from fishing, but I could tell there was something wrong. “Well, I’ve got a flat tire,” he said. “Oh no. Where are you?” I asked. “Would you believe I’m just a few blocks away from our tire store? Why couldn’t the tire have blown just two minutes later? I’ve…
So this is what it means to be rich, I think to myself, as the attendant takes my gift card and I pull into the Blue Cow Car Wash. The young guys give my dirty Montana car a good spray down, and then I put my car in neutral and let the magic happen. As…
I’m rotating four people through my prayers right now, for one not serious but miserable infection, one very serious infection, one emergency surgery, and one planned outpatient surgery. So I thought I would try to dissect my prayers for these people, in case you need some ideas for how to pray for yourself or for…
That man laughs at me most every night –mocks me, really. Because I lay down in bed and carefully fold the comforter over and then the blanket over that and then the sheet over that. This forms a taut cover, which I then neatly tuck under my chin. He, on the other hand, grabs his…
It’s 5:09 a.m., and the sun is coming up over the Rockies. I’ve been awake for an hour talking to God about a student whose progress is concerning to me, as we end the school year. Behind this name trails the name of a friend’s kid and another friend’s kid who are making bad choices…
I was exhausted from two nights of poor sleep, so I announced that Panda Express would be making dinner for the night. Matt had just gotten back from a four-day trip and realized he had forgotten his tablet at the church, so he offered to go with me to get the tablet and the Chinese…
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