My daughter and her best friend on a hike a few years ago. They live hundreds of miles apart, but have stayed close As my friend and I munched on warm chips and hot queso I was struck by the thought, “I wish we’d done this more often.” Yet, like so many times in life …
Category: Moving
Mountains in the Dark
How passing through the Appalachian mountains in the dark became a metaphor for my faith in 2020.
Unfinished Work
Over on the right hand side of our garage is a workbench. It's not my workbench, because it was here when we started renting, but I've laid claim to it for now. On the top shelf sits a nondescript cardboard box: 40” long, 12” wide and around 4” tall. If you noticed it at all …
More Precious than Jewels
If you know her, you know this isn’t hyperbole: my wife is an amazing person. Amanda has a deep love for others, and not just those closest to her. She is, to borrow a phrase, more precious than jewels.
Buzz, Woody and Ugly Tears
Pixar movies have a knack for making me tear up, but nothing could prepare me for what Toy Story 4 was going to do to me.
Old Wounds
I haven’t been as prone to write of late. I haven’t felt the thoughts pouring out like they did a year or so ago, when words and ideas were coming out at a pretty constant rate. I didn’t (thank God) publicize them all, but even so, I was more prolific than I’d ever been. Many …
Deep Waters
Thinking about the importance of deep, honest relationships
Road Trip Star Gazing
A marathon road trip for work spurred up some musings on the stars, and life in general.
We Had to Leave
We had to leave...
What Was, Was
Something different at The Wading Pool today
