The Meaning of Christmas
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that Christmas isn’t about presents.
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Tell me a story
Tell me a story Please tell it soon Give it some conflict And a hero or two Tell me a story I must know the end Of battles gone by, and boys grown to men Tell me a story Tell it with grace Make it so grand And yet commonplace […]
Welcoming Holland
But in the war for a place in the sun, we must never mistake conquest for final victory, and above all, we must never mistake failure for final defeat. Because even if we do not find our place in the sun, or not quite the place we want, or a […]
Dallas – Part 2
Things are really happening here! A few weeks ago I wrote that I was going to go to a church event on a Friday night. Well… I did go and I met a lot of great people! I sat next to a really nice guy who is even taller than I […]
I consider…
… that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. – Romans 8:18 No matter how bad things may get, it’s going to be that much better later on. It’s actually not even worth comparing.
My broken down car
I’ve been driving around Dallas in a beaten up car. My dashboard lights don’t work. The radio doesn’t work. The grill fell off. The front side is dented. The hood requires two people to open and close. I can only use my key to unlock the passenger side and my […]
Dallas – Part 1
I got into Dallas last Friday. I’m still looking for jobs without much success. I went to the singles group for the church Watermark on Tuesday night. Kind of scary. There were like 300 people there and I didn’t know any of them. I did make progress and met one person, […]
Turning away
It’s the middle of the night and my little niece is ferociously screaming. I’m thinking again how there are so many grown up people ferociously screaming, it’s just all muffled on the inside and called depression. As the little one misses the Garden of Eden, I’m thinking about how difficult […]
Newness of Life
For the past few years I’ve frequently found myself getting bored with life. I’m getting bored with sports and routines and brushing my teeth and tying my shoelaces. I’m bored with facebook, the Internet, sending resumes to strangers and I’m even tired of watching old Journey music videos on youtube. […]
Lady in Red
I’m not sure what town it was in or even what route we were on, but there it was etched in large red letters under that bridge. I think it might have been Connecticut or somewhere near the Saw Mill Parkway. Someone had written the name “Annie” under the overpass. […]
