Stuff in My Head
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What’s A Sermon?
Just now I went to the kitchen here at work to get the goods to make some coffee. As I passed one of the classroom doors, a boy came over and asked what I was doing. “Writing a sermon,” I said. He asked, “What’s a sermon?” If you ever want to force yourself to bring Continue reading
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Random Thoughts in Alphabetical Order: The Letter A
Recently I heard a comedian sharing some random thoughts in alphabetical order. What a clever idea for a comedian–it eliminates the need for those forced, awkward transitions! It’s also a great idea for the random world of blogging. So I thought I’d set out on a journey to share some random thoughts in alphabetical order. Continue reading
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Principles & Principals
This afternoon I was part of a pretty exciting meeting. Several pastors and church leaders from our community met with the top education administrators in north Worcester County. It started out great because lunch was provided, but then it got even better. The churches’ agenda was simple: we wanted to find out how we can Continue reading
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Dad Wisdom
This morning I had breakfast at Panera Bread with a couple dads from the Training Station. They’re twin brothers and have seven kids between them. Very interesting guys! Every time I see them around their kids, they have that whole dad thing going on. Their kids are their pals, but also respect them as parental Continue reading
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The Shot Heard Round My Mailbox
When I was a kid one of my hobbies was collecting autographs of baseball players through the mail. Recently I’ve been reading The Echoing Green, a book I borrowed from my brother Dylan about what is probably the single most famous home run in baseball history. So I decided to revive my old hobby by Continue reading
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Our First Glimpse of Little Laura Marie
Okay, a little more info about yesterday’s ultrasound… Carolyn’s parents and my parents all joined us for the sonogram at RMS Sonography in Salisbury. When we went back to the room where they do the ultrasound, we were all very impressed with it: it looked like a very cozy living room. There were leather couches Continue reading
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Baby Appointment #2
Carolyn and I had her second doctor’s appointment yesterday afternoon. We listened to the baby’s heartbeat–we recorded it this time. She (the doc)answered a few questions, went over some test results, and helped us set up our sonogram appointment. The sonogram will be next Monday morning. We’re praying that we’ll be able to find out Continue reading
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Live in Concert!
It was 22 years ago today that my dad took me to my first rock concert. We saw Eddie Money. Ahh, the memories. Continue reading
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My New Favorite Paragraph
I have a new favorite paragraph. It’s from page 115 of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. The narrator is an old dying country preacher writing about dancing the waltz alone in his study: “I plan to do all my waltzing here in the study. I have thought I might have a book ready at hand to Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 