my first teaching job taught me that i like to teach. my first teaching job taught me that i care deeply. my first teaching job yielded the following letter to a student. (what a difference a decade makes…i’d say all of this so much differently now.)
life
knitpicks and other unnecessary connections
i need to let go. my inboxes are evidence of that…as is, perhaps, the reality that i have more than one inbox…3, in fact. i don’t knit often. maybe once a year. and when i do, i don’t use a pattern and i use yarn that i already have on hand (of which there’s plenty)….
A Million Miles: Day 1
even though i’m reading through the book a second time, so much of it feels new. thanks Donald Miller for a writing style that jives with my head. five of us met today. before we got to the book, we spent a little time sharing stories of our own, moments in our times that we…
A Million Miles
this is like the after party, the space in which we write through later epiphanies or stuff we just didn’t bother to bring up during our earlier discussion time. if your two cents are on another blog, send the link to your post and i’ll throw it up here. if you’d like to simply email…
Our Father Who Art Intentional [Sermon Link]
it’s a different and perhaps “new to you” exploration of Genesis 1:1. be blessed and feel (very) free to send me a critique… listen here.
my rights vs your rights
surely mine should win. after all, i’m (naturally) more concerned about myself than i am about you and i’m unfortunately quite independent and individualistic in my way of life. it’s unfortunate because such levels of self weren’t God’s plan and God’s plan is, ladies and gentlemen, a major part of the current brou ha ha…
courage
what story do i want to tell? every decision i make tells a story. i knew i needed to leave, so i left i knew i needed to stay, so i stayed i knew i needed to ask for help, so i asked for help i knew i needed to submit to the authorities even…