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Meeting Needs ("Sexy" or Otherwise) 20 Jul 2013 | 10:15 am
Bobby and Jennifer just welcomed home their soon-to-be adopted son. Another couple in our church are two weeks into parenting their just-adopted newborn daughter. Megan and I just received our tenth p...
What I've Yet to Learn on Summer Vacation 24 Jun 2013 | 04:51 am
We're set to go on "vacation" in another week, which only means we're seeing a few friends and family in a few places we've already lived. When it comes to "vacation", we stopped using the "v" word a ...
Mizzou-Rah 20 May 2013 | 06:44 am
I would have completely forgotten I graduated from college 20 years ago without this note (which, of course, also included a petition for funds) congratulating me upon the anniversary. While I doubt I...
Leithart on Leadership 9 May 2013 | 01:15 am
I really like what Peter J. Leithart has to say at the end of this meditation on leadership: "Leaders must regularly transgress settled boundaries because churches (and schools) constantly redefine t...
Sticky Note Processing 5 May 2013 | 10:07 pm
After finishing up another Biblical Imagination Conference (our largest to date - 150 wonderful people!), I'm sitting in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, enjoying the Upper Midwest acce...
The Classical Capstone 24 Apr 2013 | 06:35 pm
(l to r): Sarah Baskerville, Ruth Serven, Mackenzie Valentin, Austin Clark, and Todd Wedel "A well-spent day brings happy sleep." Leonardo da Vinci "At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was plea...
Leonard Bernstein's Mass 1 Apr 2013 | 08:11 pm
Our two oldest have been rehearsing their hearts out for this performance in a couple of weeks. Proud of them for their efforts, glad for them for the opportunity. Tickets available.
Losing the Fight Over Love 27 Mar 2013 | 05:00 pm
My heart is heavy with all that is taking place right now concerning the debate over gay marriage. Apart from the issue itself, I lament the hostile rhetoric of it all and the way sides are being take...
Something of the Marvelous 21 Mar 2013 | 06:14 pm
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." Aristotle Few things take my mind off the past and the future like camping does. I've just returned from spending two days and two night...
Father the Fathers 1 Mar 2013 | 07:51 am
(Every now and then, I fancy myself a poet and see what I come up with. Here's one I'd been working on that I suppose I'll call finished (or at least posted). Read at your own risk.) I am a father to...