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Colossians 3:12-17; Song of Solomon 2:10-13, 8: 6-7 Wedding Homily for Colin Turner and Anne Valaas St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN Colin and Anne— While we know that the weather says nothing about how the marriage will go, I’m guessing we would all like to thank you for choosing such a perfect weekend for [...]
I’m in a coffee shop, writing a homily for Colin and Anne’s wedding. On an incredibly perfect fall morning. I talked to my Mom on the way over here about her day yesterday: seeing clients, going to a funeral for a family friend who died much too young, one of my cousins winning state semi-finals [...]
Day one of vacation: it does not get any more middle-America than this. We drove up the Mississippi from Galena, IL to Prairie du Chien, WI. But the day started with: frantic packing with a crabby 2 year old; a harried stop to vote early (but not often…we aren’t THOSE kind of Chicago people); 2 [...]
Maybe this it too hopeful, but I think Margaret Atwood is on to something: the financial crisis about more than finances. And maybe the fix to it is also about fixing more than finances.
I just read this. How do I measure up? Zora’s bathroom floor? Littered with books. As is the living room for that matter. Halloween plans? Colin and Anne’s wedding rehearsal. Maybe Zora will wear her elephant costume from last year, which we bought huge so that she could wear it two years in a row. [...]
It’s one of those days when there is simply too much to do. Too many little details to coordinate too many activities this weekend: wedding, bible presentations, youth group meetings, youth group field trips, college care packs, dinners, confirmation details, and on and on. And so, in desperation, I am going completely out of order [...]
Oh, do I love Mondays. Again, I know my week is unusual. But it’s quiet and another Sunday is finished, and this morning I got to sleep in. Big events coming down the river: CROP walk; Bible Sunday; Erik switching jobs; meeting up with friends a few times this week; a family road trip; hiring [...]
Really, this campaign cannot get any wierder. Now this? Actually, it probably could get stranger…this probably won’t happen, but the idea that people are even talking about it.
It’s official. I’m tanner than Erik. Now, you might say that this a very stupid contest for me to engage in, what with my Dutch genes and Erik’s Norwegian ones. Clearly, we are not tanners and whatever tanning ability we have is probably a Northern European draw, right? Nope. Erik’s dark-haired and olive-ish skinned, and [...]
One: Praise the Lord, the Maker of all, skies and seas, pebbles and puddles alike. Many: Praise to the God of big and of small. One: Praise the Lord, the Redeemer of all, powerful and pretentious, homeless and hidden alike. Many: Praise to the God of big and of small. One: Praise the Lord, the [...]