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12 days on the road (1 night, less than 18 hours at home in the middle), 5 nights in a tent, 3 strange beds, over 50 relatives, 3 generations, both sides of the family, more beers than I like to admit, 2 servings of Uncle Howie’s chicken, 2 hotels, 35 driving hours… I am tired. [...]
Back from the camping trip, and here are 18 things to catch up on the 18th: Zora just took her first bath in a week (not counting dips in Lake Michigan) Honestly, I was suprised by how not-completely-foul she was. Amazing camping accomplishments: making pizzas (from scratch) over a wood fire; keeping Zora out of [...]
One of the first times I got to hang out with moms who I really truly think are my peers: Heidi and Meika went to seminary with me. (And, Meika and I were actually campers together as jr. highers.) While our male classmates’ wives had babies, we studied (OK, and Meika wasn’t married, yet, so…) [...]
Zora and I had a girls afternoon together. Lunch at this place (no brew for Zora, just pizza), and a little strolling and bargain hunting the main street of Holland, MI. Sitting at our table outside the restaurant, I was having a bit of a nostalgia trip. When I was 6, I marched down this [...]
I am so proud of myself…I packed camping equipment (including a bike, a bike trailer, a stroller, and a toddler), loaded the car, and got out of town on my own. Just because you consider yourself a hipster parents and let your kid listen mostly to “adult” music does not mean said child will not [...]
The Big Read is an NEA program designed to encourage community reading initiatives. They’ve come up with this list of the top 100 books, using criteria they don’t explain, and they estimate that the average adult has only read 6 of these. So, we are encouraged to: 1) Look at the list and bold those [...]
Ann tagged me…10 things I am grateful for? Zora Erik An incredible family, who I get along with. Â A good night’s sleep, more often than not. Moving this week. Fresh bread. A church that love its pastors. Vacation. That I get to preach this week. (That I get to preach ever!) Friendly cats. I tag [...]
Has anyone looked at next week’s lectionary? I’m preaching on Sunday, and honestly, I’m at a loss for what to preach on. When I’m at a loss, I usually defer to the lectionary. Plus, I need to get this thing written: between the 4th holiday, a week when I have no child care after Tuesday, [...]
Add this one to the file for “youth trips I’m glad I wasn’t leading”. First, and most obviously, because that’s just a scary scenario. Second, because I can only imagine what the more tense moments of that trip were like. teen age drama taken to it’s max, and I speak as one who engaged in [...]
Zora is living the high life this week: mornings involve bible school at church. Today, day two, she was so excited to go that she was waving her hands through the air and shouting all the way to church in the car. It’s just being around all the other kids that makes her happy. By [...]