Time Travel

My 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 genetic mutation that causes him to travel through time. There is one caveat; he has no control over where or when he… »

Questioning…

People 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 the creative few who keep challenging themselves. Yesterday’s insights just don’t work for these folks. They don’t just have a… »

Hail Mary passes, When and Why?

There 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 for one. There are times when you just can’t stand there and be brought down. You have to step back, breathe deeply, and do something…. »

Remembering

One 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 having trouble coming up with a message from the record of Christ’s triumphal procession into Jerusalem. And it struck me that this… »

How Old is Young?

I 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. Just looking at him you couldn’t tell for sure how old he was. His face had happy wrinkles and his eyes a look of mischief…. »

Millenials and Boomers…

There 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 task for Busters/Gen X and Boomers to get along. My experience in working with churches showed that busters and boomers were close enough… »

A conversation with Larry Norman and a note on his passing…

One 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 People movement and for decades after. He left a touching note to his audience which can be found at his website www.larrynorman.com…. »

Crucial dates mark the generations

There 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 marked our history for generations. The atomic age was introduced on August 6, 1947. Thank God no other such attack has been… »

Rocky, We’ll Miss You

If 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 and human, becomes essential. But loss is an unavoidable pain for all of us. Some of us have gotten more practice… »

It’s all rock and roll to me

Rock 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 best amps are still the ones from the 60’s like Vox made.   

I played in a few rock bands like 20% … »

I don’t want a scale!

My 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 a few pounds on her and I am pretty much like most of my boomer friends carting around a few pounds beyond factory… »

What makes a Generation?

For 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 of time and there was a lot of unique history that passed in that period of time. I recently read some work on… »

Vinyl Discs…

Only 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 albums. Various groups can still purchase vinyls in rare occasions but all records when I was growing up were vinyl records with about 20 minutes… »

Can the boomers welcome new music?

I remember when Larry Norman recorded the first Christian Rock record to be released in 1970. It was a major start in the Christian Rock genre that helped push along a Baby Boom revival. The song, “I wish we’d all been ready,” was also a representation of the eschatologically-inclined generation.
I recall the new… »

Dealing with our past

I was sitting in the Edwards Cinema in Boise, Idaho when a thought struck me. Isn’t a big part of our life journey learning how to live with our past?
I am moving this month after living within a four-block radius for over 25 years. My life is filled with memories in my neighborhood. I have… »