“I’ll keep the mohawk until we stop killing people abroad.” (musician Eddie Vedder, quoted about his hair in the April 11, 2002 issue of Rolling Stone) I’ll wait while you read that first line again. I have time. Now get a picture in your head: a woman, graying, tired, standing with a sign on the [...]
Charlie Brown had that little red haired girl who won his heart and starred in one of the recurring themes of that classic “Peanuts” comic strip. This isn’t about her. This little red haired girl went to school where I did, both of us attending the second grade in an old yellow brick school building [...]
I need to share a letter with you and let it be the blog this week. Tom Langley is one of the best men I know. He and his lovely wife, Angie, have served as missionaries in Romania for two different stints (I believe it was about five years each time). His heart for God [...]
Just some real quick bits and pieces before the maelstorm of the weekend! With three morning services to get them in, Sundays are a bit of a marathon — and that for a man whose spiritual gift is the ability to sit on the couch and not move for long periods of time. Or, as [...]
We were on the Carnival Glory cruise ship and knew our captain was trying to outrun the hurricane. One of the passengers — worried, anxious — asked me if I thought if we would be safe, or if the hurricane would catch us. I am not sure why people, when they find out I am [...]
My father used to ask me, “As an outsider, Patrick, what do you think of the human race?” He wasn’t being unkind; just observant. I have always felt like that strange fellow in any Fellini film. You know the one: people are having conversations, playing volleyball on the beach, etc. and there he is, the [...]
We just got back from eight days dodging and outrunning first Tropical Storm Cindy and then Hurricane Dennis. We had lots of fun, saw lots of places, and had a fantastic captain who knew his stuff. I love to cruise, but I get sea sick easily so I always take medication with me. My drug [...]