Category Archives: missional living
big city adventure
tonight i go to bed a kansan. tomorrow night i will sleep as a missourian for the first time ever. when i took the job at watkins mill, we planned to move to missouri to give me a shorter drive. … Continue reading
halloween isn’t so bad after all. i guess.
let’s be honest. halloween is about my least favorite “major” holiday. (assuming you don’t count ones that nobody really cares about except for the sale at nebraska furniture mart, or the ones created by hallmark.) for the past week, the … Continue reading
no cost at all
big italy pepperoni from pizza hut, breadsticks, and a 2-liter of mountain dew = $17.11 with spouse-of-employee discount 12 sundae cups from target = $4.34 noon to 1:30 to drive from point a to b to c = 90 minutes … Continue reading
engaging hope in a thousand ways (we fall down, but we get up)
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, snort, hack, yawn… I’m up, I’m up. It was a shorter mission trip week than we’ve had in many years, yet I am also physically more tired than I’ve been in a long time. We returned only moderately late … Continue reading
into the wild blue (mission trip) yonder
I’ll be going somewhat off grid next week, but not completely. We head to Omaha for our Know Sweat trip early on Monday. I will endeavor to post as I’m able via Twitter and/or Facebook. You can also follow my … Continue reading
kids’ sense of entitlement may be mr. rogers’ fault
Sometimes the tumble of thoughts in my brain just happens to resonate with the broader culture. Without divulging any identifying details, I have been increasingly troubled by the sense of entitlement I see in my ministry context – as well … Continue reading
life on life
First things first – I haven’t been able to get anything on here all week. I wrote my next article to submit to Youth Specialties a couple days ago, but it could be several weeks before anyone sees that. The … Continue reading
out of alignment?
The drive home was almost bearable today, not because the traffic was any lighter than usual or because it was such a beautiful day. No, I almost enjoyed driving my car with its brand new tires. What really grabbed my … Continue reading
walk like an elf
Are you more like an Elf or a Dwarf? I’m physically more of an Elf. Not the silly mini-beings of far-northern toy factories, cobblers’ shops, or hollow cookie-oven trees. I’m talking real elves like Legolas. The type that is tall, … Continue reading
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