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The BFA yearbook came out today, and the title each year is "Phases." I love that title. BFA is a phase of life for students at BFA and many of…

Every teacher hates variations of the question "What's the least we can do to pass?" I'm no exception. I inwardly (and sometimes outwardly) groan every time a student asks how…

This weekend I went over to some friends' house for dinner, and we ended up playing Settlers of Catan. At one point in the game, I blocked another player from…

Oedipus knew the standard route of walking when he solved the riddle of the Sphinx, but I totally throw the pattern off. I went from two legs to four wheels and…

My posts here have slowed down, but that's only because my life hasn't. I had some high and low and hilarious moments over the past two weeks. Just after my…

A few years ago I read the book Radical by David Platt; it was incredible. I just started reading Crazy Love, and I know I'm late on that train, but it's pretty…

When I was an early teen, the Matrix sequels were a big deal. So much so, Ron Luce's crew did a Matrix theme for Acquire the Fire the first year…

Things are constantly changing inside my body, and there are nerves growing millimeters a day with results that I can't see yet. I haven't posted here for a while because…

Just like Queen, I want it now, too. Sunday night at family group, we talked about prayer, and one of the adults asked me if the group could pray over…

It's amazing the way people rally around individuals in crisis. I saw it when I woke up from surgery over a year ago, and the city of Portland is witnessing…

Get ready for a long post. Maybe skip a few paragraphs if you're in a rush. Like after the indented material perhaps. It's been a while since I've had a…

Last week I was thinking how I didn't seem to have any new developments to share here, and I was a little disheartened. I want to tell you all what…

Yesterday, one of my coworkers commented, "I know it's tough to be at work on your birthday," as he added a gift to another sitting on my desk.  "Anything's better…

We started a new semester at BFA on Monday, so today I was teaching a new group of juniors about biblical manuscripts and translations. One student asked me why we…

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…

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…