On Turning 43
I don’t really do birthdays. I’m fine with your birthday. And I like a good slice of supermarket sheet cake like any grown…
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Why Haiti? And Our Selfish Prayers
Our family (my wife and I and our two teenagers) will be heading to the poorest country in our hemisphere next week. Amy…
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A Punch in the Face of the Lord’s Prayer
Could this be the prayer of our generation? Our father or mother or nameless deity or whoever will answer me, forgetful and weak…
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My Thumb Has Muscle Memory
My thumb has muscle memory. Muscle memory is also called motor learning. It happens when we perform the same task hundreds (some say…
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Fixing and Refixing Our Broken Lives
Our clothes dryer died a few weeks ago—clothes spinning but no heat. We kicked it, shook it, and prayed over it to no…
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