Pushing open the narrow gate.
People interacting in various contexts and ways to slice/dice/look at us.
My Dearest, You’re welcome for dinner. You’ll have to let me know if that is the best way we can serve you or if there’s anything more or different that would be more helpful. Do you feel secure and deeply grounded in the Lord still? The Lord is working deep roots in you with everything … Continue reading A Prayer for Today’s Mercies, and a Marriage
Ethos is a Greek word that describes the character or guiding beliefs of a time or people. It also connotes the power of cultural icons and artifacts (like music or visual arts or language) to shape and reinforce those ideas. What makes up the ethos of my family? When I received the notification of acceptance … Continue reading Ethos
I was an intern at Los Alamos National Laboratories, a little mesa town with the largest PhD per capita in the world. I spent my lunch hours outdoors, playing catch with friends. I hit bridges with sledge hammers during the week, and house-sat for a couple who had a fully automated irrigation system with the … Continue reading Beautiful Things, Off the Conveyor
Our church does this program every couple of weeks called the Amateur Church Podcast. Several pastors do research, ask questions of one another, and shoot the breeze about an assortment of topics: from the resurrection of Christ to the origin of the universe, to baseball. I enjoy their mix of perspectives and personalities, and also … Continue reading Dudes, Business, and Sports
