A good friend of mine dropped me a note shortly after I preached last month, and one of the things he said was, “I think it was the first time people got to see you onstage. You seemed very comfortable with yourself and your message.” It struck me as a little funny… I mean, who was I the last time…
i’ve been thinking a lot about friendship over the past few weeks, with the Bold Boundaries conference just around the corner. i’m really looking forward to spending a weekend hearing the thoughts and stories of several people who have been thinking thru and praying thru the dynamics of cross-gender friendships. much of what i’ve been…
For those of you who haven’t heard already, I had my first major biking accident since high school yesterday evening. I’ll be honest – I don’t remember a lot of it. But for those who have asked, here’s what I can remember: I was biking pretty fast down a trail somewhere close to my neighborhood;…
I spent most of the late afternoon and evening at a friend’s house for Thanksgiving this year; it was definitely a contrast to last Thanksgiving, which I spent by myself with a box of Stovetop stuffing and a stack of movies. There were good things about Thanksgiving Day last year: silence and solitude are gifts…
