In order to renew my Oregon teacher's license every few years, I was required to submit paperwork to prove I'd done enough professional development credits. I usually scrambled over Christmas…
My librarian friend texted me asking for book recommendations on mentoring. I had a couple, and I asked Matt his ideas, but he agreed most mentoring learning doesn't come from…
No one plans to have a life where you can rank the quality of international urology departments at spinal hospitals, but here I am to save you all from doing…
My life group started doing this thing where we integrate spiritual practices into our lives and discuss it. The first one we started with was solitude which I love. However,…
I'm so far from perfect, and I had a steep learning curve with some new situations that I didn't handle perfectly these past few weeks, but I also had an…
Ages ago I took a course from Ray Lubeck where I got to study the book of Jonah in depth as I learned how to read the Bible well. A…
I had a few dozen ideas for what I wanted to be when I grew up that shuffled around until I settled on English teacher when I was in year…
People keep asking me what I've done through the week, and my response is always an embarrassed, "nothing much," but, honestly, I'm in the rest phase of my sabbatical, and…
People keep asking me what I've done through the week, and my response is always an embarrassed, "nothing much," but, honestly, I'm in the rest phase of my sabbatical, and…
When I made the decision to move to Germany, I sold nearly all of my 250+ books in my personal library. This past week, I discovered one of them made…
In a lot of ways, it's been a weird week, but I read two whole books which is just delightful to me. My goal is four this coming week. One…
This past week I read John Mark Comer's book Garden City as a launch into my sabbatical. (Then I started A. J. Swoboda's Subversive Sabbatical because Portland theologians writing on sabbath…
I feel like in nearly five years, I've likely referenced this Hillsong song I used for today's post title before, but it's got more relevant lyrics than the single Reliant…
For those who might have missed the plan, I took the long route from America to New Zealand for a specific medical appointment. Sure I was happy to draw the…
I spent a final week in America soaking up all my favorite coffee shops - the photos above represent just four of the seven mandatory locations. Part of my cultural…
The internet is a wonderful thing in so many ways. I'm so grateful for this platform to keep people updated on my recovery and my ministry, and I'm really fortunate…
Over the past few weeks, I've remembered that I actually have connections to a few relatively famous people, but it's made me rethink my assignment of fame. For example, I…
This was another full week for me which included some wonderful moments like mother-daughter bonding time downtown Colorado Springs at a place called Tattoo Demon, meeting some of my dad's…
In case you didn't catch it the first five hundred times I've mentioned it, I love my job. I'm only leaving Germany because I have to, but I'm going to…
Ten years ago there was a writers' strike in Hollywood, and some talented people got bored and created the masterpiece released on YouTube known as "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog."…