Take a gander at Hayley’s new pierced ears! She wanted it, went and got it, not a whimper out of her.
(Had a great time at the reunion last night…but I’m still writing a couple of posts in my head. Pics and words to follow.)

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There are dangers in writing this blog out in the open for everyone to read! I’ve made a commitment to myself to make myself be real, but sometimes that doesn’t mesh so well with also being a pastor. I wasn’t really considering quitting; I was honestly wrestling with my own level of energy for what [...]

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Today I felt like Gideon touching the wet and the dry fleece. Like Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty, asking God for a sign, and getting a whole truck full of them. As if I were trying to decide between two and four, and I decided to roll 100 dice, and every single one came up [...]

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Ok, so I drafted a nice, safe, well crafted post that kept my real feelings at a distance and made for much more palatable reading…and then deleted it. I’ll risk sounding like a whiner and be more honest.
Today I pulled a book off my shelf that had been sitting there since a friend recommended it. [...]

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Look out, people, look out. I’m not promising anything, but I think my blog silence is about to be buried in an avalanche of words.
God is doing something deep and serious in me over the last month or so. I normally think and hear from God in words. I’m a word person, not a picture [...]

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Today, I received the traditional bag of “Chips Ahoy” cookies from my friend Jim. Thanks, Jim!
A year ago today, I thought I was quite creative and funny.
Five years ago today, my grandpa died.
Twenty years ago today, I sprained my ankle badly in a game against Rex Putnam (but I got the guy out.)
Twenty five years [...]

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I’ve been out of the regular routine for this month of February, some of it leave time, some of it working on long range stuff. This past month has been a respite of hope and healing on a journey that I think will be long. My hope is that it is like when Frodo and [...]

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A couple of nights ago I was at a restaurant with Aubrey and Talli, sort of a dad’s date night. On the table sat one of those wooden puzzle games, the kind that fits together neatly into a shape (in this case, a three dimensional plus sign). “So, this thing comes apart?” Talli said, as [...]

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I’ve been thinking for the past few days about the gamble of self disclosure.
The negative sides of letting it all hang out are pretty obvious. Jerry Springer comes to mind, or the reality tv shows like “The Bachelor”. Narcissists who make everything about them. The very phrase, “airing our dirty laundry”…it exists because we all [...]

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After a year of threatening, after a month of really trying…today I began therapy.
What a let down.
First of all, no couch. NO COUCH! In the movies, there’s ALWAYS a couch. And after last night’s sleep, I could have used one.
He didn’t once ask me about my mother. Not once did he ask if I had [...]

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