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Outside the walls of the city
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5 min read
a homily for Epiphany 6B Text: Mark 1:40-45 Nudy Trees My daughter and I have this little game. We point out the nudy trees to one another. She shouts: “That tree’s nudy!” Then she squeals and says “there’s another one!” I do it too. Then I point…
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Destination Unknown
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3 min read
Text: Mark 1:29-39 Distractions This gospel is like life: it has a lot of distractions. There are lots of details we could run down; tangents we could explore: These new disciples, their mom and her mysterious ailment, the demon possession. This gospel, on the other hand, is actually about the gospel. It is about moving, finding,…
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Moving in
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2 min read
We arrived at our new home in St. Clair last Tuesday after a marathon drive up from Georgia. As we continue to settle in to our new place, I thought I’d give you a rundown of the last couple of weeks. First, they packed us up and filled this van. As you can see, there wasn’t…
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We’re Moving!
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1 min read
As I have mentioned a few times over the last month or so, we are moving to St. Clair, Michigan. Well, it finally happens this weekend! That means we’ll be packing up the computer tonight and I won’t be getting online reliably for a week and a half. My postings during that time will likely…
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The Last Day
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2 min read
Yesterday was my wife’s last day of work and my last day as a Stay-At-Home-Dad (SAHD). This is a pretty big deal for us. I’ve written about the day itself here and posted a bunch of pictures as well. The biggest part of it is the changing of roles. The two of us have had…
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The Convenience of Lying
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3 min read
We lie. All the time. We lie to cover our mistakes. We lie to make ourselves look or feel better. We lie. Even when we should know better, we lie anyway. But worse than the simple lies or the squirm-out-of-personal-trouble lies, is the lie we write down for posterity because admitting the truth would be…
Make a New Normal
