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ADAPT Advanced – Day 1

As I hinted at before, I have a week of intensive therapy planned here in Portland. Today was day one of my therapy at ADAPT Advanced where I'll be learning…

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Extended Family

These past two weeks have been a blur for me, and as exhausting as they've been, I've been so blessed by my extended family. I wrote last week about spending…

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Welcomed Back

A lot has happened in the last week, and it would take me thousands of words to recount it all. Rather than focusing on the frustrations of airport staff referring…

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Perfect Playlist

When I was in middle school, there was a popular trend of creating your “Life Playlist.” I’m sure my Myspace page was littered with them as each week a new…

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Perfect Playlist

When I was in middle school, there was a popular trend of creating your "Life Playlist." I'm sure my Myspace page was littered with them as each week a new…

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Phases

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…

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Bare Minimum

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…

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Teamwork

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…

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Riddle of the Sphinx

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…

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Never Say Die

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…

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Crazy Radical

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…

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The Red Pill

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…

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It’s Not About Me

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…

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I Want It All

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…

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With Wes

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…

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Incision

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…

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Penguin Wings

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…

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Celebrate Good Times

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…

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Good News

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…

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Traumaversary

People are born every day, but you choose to mark the days that are connected with people you care about. One of the people I care about is my friend…

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