Got these four questions at the end of last week. DEEP. Need to reflect to see what my answers are. What are yours? 1/ Who Is God? 2/ Who am I? 3/ Who is my neighbor? 4/ What is my mission?
Month: February 2023
Funny Thing, Love Wins
Funny thing. I’m sort of an old dad. Perspective? When my grandpa was my age I was three. Juxtaposed, I’ve got a 12, 10, and 9 year old just now. Know I've shared that before, but it bears repeating, my crew, they're in the mix of it all growing up, sweet spot, sweet. Funny thing. …
Back to Basics
Didn't plan it this way, but that's how it turned out. So much seems this way with parenting and the muddled up, shook up world we sometimes -- often? -- find ourselves... Back to basics, settling in on what's right in front of you, not looking too far ahead, Dishes and laundry, breakfast and lunch, …
Digital Spa Day
Easy Button, together again, slow it all down, After several days in the islands, several days on the road, bring it back to the basics, Spa Day Pun, all the fun of doing nothing but what you want to do, screen and PJ’s for the kids, puttering around with laundry and dishes and NPR for …
Water, Rain Down
What is your favorite drink? Fun prompt to finish the work week, tho’ not working for me, off on retreat, reset, rebirth, Washed clean by cool clear water, rain down, my favorite drink maybe too, Sure coffee, then beer, and plenty in between also some favorites, water the through line, common part, parcel of what …
Final Snippets from The Road
Recap: Week off to reset and spend time with my kids during their Winter Break. Road trip on the front end. Time with a few people, old friends that mean the world to me. The road itself. Therapy on wheels. The coast. So helpful. Soothing. Second half of the week, more self-care; some practical adult …
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Celebrating Black History Month: Herbie Hancock
Funny thing for me about this amazingly acccomplished jazz musician: I hadn't heard of him until he provided the music for a popular Eddie Murphy movie in the 1980's. Didn’t know he had decades of influéncialo music and work prior. Read more below, and thank you, Herbie! More about Herbie here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock
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So easy, thankful, blessed. Snippets, samples from the road, respite.
Celebrating Black History Month: Edith Renfrow Smith
108 years old. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT YEARS OLD. Edith Renfrow Smith. God Bless, indeed. Heard her interviewed on NPR recently by the ever awesome Scott Simon, some highlights from this extraordinary conversation, Remembering some of the famous leaders she’d met in her life, Remembering the certainty with which her mother insisted she get an …
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