In the Coracle

Redemptive Explosives

July 2nd, 2007, No Comments

For 4th of July this year I’m taking the kids (Shannon has to work through the end of the week) to Walla Walla Washington, where my brother’s in-laws live.  Every year this part of my family gets together for a big party and liberally uses explosives all around the cattle ranch, and this year we [...]

Folklife Festival and Regrets

May 28th, 2007, 1 Comment

I have very few regrets in my life. Usually I have none, and though there are phases of my life that I’d rather not repeat again, I can see that I’ve survived them and maybe even learned something from the process.
But every now and then I have a specific pang of regret. I [...]

This puts it all into perspective

May 14th, 2007, 2 Comments

Our family has started the process of doing another adoption. We are a ways out – probably January or February is when we’ll be ready to add another family member – but are doing some legwork and research and planning. We’re probably going to be doing foster adoption.
One of the issues that’s come [...]

If I had a personal assistant…

May 9th, 2007, 2 Comments

I would ask my assistant to organize my books on my shelves, sticker them with a library of congress ID or a dewey decimal ID or something, which would put the like books together, and then make sure they were all in my LibraryThing.
Then I could find the books I know I have, and I [...]

Theory and Practice

May 6th, 2007, No Comments

“Practice without theory is blind, but theory without practice is dumb.”
– N. T. Wright, New Testament and the People of God, p. 118

 
Good ol’ Tom Wright. In a densely packed book full of tricky phrasing, big words and deep concepts, Tom whips this out and hits me right between the eyes.
 
I’m finishing up [...]

How are you doing?

March 31st, 2007, No Comments

A couple of our friends and church plant coaches checked in with us this week to see how we were doing, what we were up to, what church we’ve landed in. I wrote a book in response (typical for me).
Because I know many of you reading have gone through something similar, or are [...]

Camera Envy

April 4th, 2006, 2 Comments

I officially have camera envy. One of the good guys here at work (who blogs also) just had his new Canon 30d delivered. That’s the digital SLR that I want and am saving my pennies toward. Beautiful piece of work, that one is.

Attention Chad Drayer

April 4th, 2006, No Comments

Paging Chad Drayer to the courtesy phone. Hey, I know you’re out there. Brett says you are. Stop lurking and send an email or give me a call.

Day 0 in DC for Servant Leadership School

March 16th, 2006, 1 Comment

I’m in DC, at the computer in my bed n breakfast, getting ready to go meander around the neighborhood before our 2pm-4pm registration for Servant Leadership School. That doesn’t sound like much, but it’s pretty remarkable.
My flight left yesterday at 6:10 am. I arrived at the airport parking place at 4:15am, carefully wrote [...]

Crush

February 5th, 2006, No Comments

I’ve known this truth about me for a while, but the more I experience these feelings I know them to be right. So I’m coming out to say…
I have a deep and abiding man-crush on Ben Harper. His music is thrilling, whether it’s electric slide or gospel with the Blind Boys of Alabama. [...]