Mamala went to Texas this weekend to celebrate the thirty-year anniversary of D & B, who are family friends. Their daughter L was a playmate growing up. They lived in a small bungalow one street over from us, close enough that I didn’t have to cross the Big Street in order to walk there.
D & […]

Ten years ago I was living in Houston working for a technical writing, training and consulting firm.
One spring day I was driving home from a client site, and I was feeling surly and restless because I didn’t want to be writing policies and procedures for big petroleum companies anymore.
A song came on the radio that […]

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He closed his speech on an apparently semi-serious note, urging the grads to learn how to say “yes.” He noted that saying yes will sometimes get them in trouble or make them look like a fool. But he added: “Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to […]

Deacon/Session Retreat today. The divine miss m came along.
From the Bible study I led:
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God…II Cor 2:14-15
what is the aroma […]

This is one of mine:
Inspired by the various summer films currently in the theaters or soon to be released.
Here’s your large popcorn and blue raspberry Icee–would you like Raisinets or Goobers with that? Silence those cell phones please, the show’s about to start:
1. If you were a mutant, what ability would you like to have? […]

Today is the three-year anniversary of my ordination.
It was a big, emotional day, especially in retrospect. We moved much of a our stuff up here, then turned right around and flew to Houston. It was my first trip back to Houston since Dad had died. It was also one of the last times I saw […]