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Drunken Sailors
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsIts often said that “we only live once!” How true it is. Someone I know responded back to the statement, “Isn’t that enough?” Truth is we all have only one... -
Vietnam
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsI got up real early this morning. I had to fly to Seattle for the day. I flipped my ipod to Billy Joel’s Shea stadium concert on my ipod. The... -
Time Travel
Posted on August 29, 2009 | No CommentsMy wife and I viewed the movie “The Time Traveler’s Wife” last night. It’s a great movie about a child who is in a traumatic car accident and has a... -
Questioning…
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsPeople who grow for a lifetime have a trait I have recognized. They distrust their own experience. Most of us clamor for security the older we get. But there are... -
Hail Mary passes, When and Why?
Posted on April 30, 2009 | No CommentsThere are a lot of “Hail Mary” passes thrown every football season. And I suspect quite a few in life in general. There are times when life just simply calls... -
Remembering
Posted on April 4, 2009 | No CommentsOne of the vital tasks of a leader is to build organizational memory. What got me thinking about this is my preparation to serve communion on Palm Sunday. I was... -
How Old is Young?
Posted on September 25, 2008 | No CommentsI met a man who reminded me of myself in the future. He was happy. He felt great about the life he had lived. He had only a few regrets.... -
Millenials and Boomers…
Posted on May 30, 2008 | 1 CommentThere is a minor tempest brewing in the marketplace and church about how the Millenials (twenty-something’s and younger) get along with Boomers (47 to 63). It wasn’t such a hard... -
A conversation with Larry Norman and a note on his passing…
Posted on May 14, 2008 | 3 CommentsOne of the creative and driving forces of the 70’s Jesus awakening died in February. I just heard about it yesterday. Larry Norman was a controversial figure in the Jesus... -
Crucial dates mark the generations
Posted on May 9, 2008 | No CommentsThere are crucial dates in every era that mark the generations. December 7, 1941 was the day of the Pearl Harbor attacks that brought the U.S. into a war that... -
Rocky, We’ll Miss You
Posted on April 4, 2008 | 1 CommentIf you live long enough you outlive a few friends and numerous pets. Grief becomes a necessary tool of life. And I think replenishing your circle of relationships, both animals... -
It’s all rock and roll to me
Posted on March 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsRock and Roll hasn’t really changed much the last four years. The drums are pretty much the same. Guitars have quit a number of new effects pedals and such. The... -
I don’t want a scale!
Posted on February 21, 2008 | No CommentsMy wife wanted to buy a scale for the house a couple days ago. She said it would help us keep our weight in control. Now, my wife could use... -
What makes a Generation?
Posted on January 3, 2008 | No CommentsFor a while now it has been a stretch for me to think of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, as a cohesive group. That’s a long period... -
Vinyl Discs…
Posted on October 25, 2007 | No CommentsOnly Baby Boomers can remember vinyl discs (well maybe our parents). I still prefer vinyl discs because I prefer the analog format. But I also enjoy a two-sided presentation of...
