If you can trace the history of your life through Christmas presents you have received -- the ones that catch you completely by surprise and fill you with wonder and gratitude -- then I have been blessed indeed.This list is front-loaded a bit . . . but isn't that when...
A Sermon With Diaper Bags, Car Seats & Strollers: “Could This BE Any More Inconvenient?”
What a fun day.I saw people I hadn't seen in fifteen years.I met people for the very first time.I got to throw diapers around on the platform.I was able to celebrate a new baby with the gathered congregation.My new friend who is an atheist returned -- and brought his...
Albert Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Exploring the Catalan capital Barcelona
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
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Just got my new camera and had to test it right away
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
Baby Invasion, Week 3 — Could This BE Any More Inconvenient?
Jesus wasn't invited.He invaded.He wasn't expected.He appeared.And someone who invades without an invitation and who appears without an expectation invariably adds some inconvenience to your life. In the case of Jesus, many of the inconveniences land in Joseph's...
Nice view from street road on the clean and amazing ocean
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
When God Speaks . . .
In my experience, when God speaks, he tends to repeat what he has already said.(Or, to be more precise, he repeats what he inspired biblical authors to say.)That's why, for example, when I was looking through some resumes in 2010 for a job we had open here, I quite...
Latino Ministries Anniversary
Here I am with Latino Ministries Pastor Sammy Gonzalez at last weekend's Two Year Anniversary of our Spanish-speaking worship service.I was able to murmur a few words in espanol before turning the program back over to Sammy who is blessedly and thankfully...