An Open Letter to Michael Vick

Hey Mike,
I heard Jim Rome call you today “Michael Jordan in cleats.”  At first I thought it was a pretty absurd analogy, but after thinking about it for a little bit I think he was right.  You did things at the quarterback position that I had never seen anyone in pads do before.  I became [...]

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Since it’s been awhile

I’m pretty sure the last time I posted a blog was when Carina was born, and that was over 3 months ago.  Shame on me.
Not that I’m assuming anyone particularly is hurt by the previous statement, but I have realized that getting my thoughts down in print, whether in a journal or on this blog, [...]

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April 2, 2009

Carina was born today.
You’d think after watching my 2 boys being born I’d kinda be used to it.  I guess I am, in the sense that I knew what to expect; the whole C-section deal, Maya being in a lot of pain, hospital for 3 or 4 days…
Even the emotion of having a new baby. [...]

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Where life is

Today was one of those crazy ones.  You know, the weekends that you have ZERO time for yourself, or to recover from the week, or even to prep for the next one.  I was up at 6, in my office by 7 to meet with some friends to discuss a book we are reading, “The [...]

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Becoming the very last

If I’m honest, my faith perilously rests each day on how I feel; how much sleep I got, whether or not I had a good breakfast, how difficult it is to get the boys up and ready for school, etc.  That’s not to say my belief in Jesus waivers from hour to hour, only that [...]

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Maybe I’m just tired.

I realized tonight will be the first night in the last 10 nights that I am at home with my family, with nothing to do but eat dinner and watch Madagascar 2. 
…what a sad commentary.
I understand that being a youth pastor has stretches of time where things are unavoidable.  This time it has been Jr. [...]

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This Morning

I’m hanging out with my boys.  Isaiah and Joshua actually slept in until about 7:30, which is a rarity, and now are watching a few cartoons before we head out and do some stuff together.  Here’s what’s on the agenda:
1.  Hide and seek throughout the house.  The other night we played this for 45 minutes [...]

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The lunacy of church

This past weekend was a long, fairly difficult one for me.  To start, for second consecutive week, I have been at a high school winter camp.  This time was with the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) for Buhach and Atwater high schools.  The camp itself went well, but I think that being away from home [...]

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Now that Christmas is over…

…I’ve literally been sitting around all day with a flu bug.  Isaiah woke this morning at 5:30a.m. complaining that every time he tried to go back to sleep, he kept “burping”, which was a precursor to puking.  To top it off our plumbing was backed up to the point of sewage coming up into the [...]

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The night before…

So, in the morning the plan is to run 13.1 miles in the San Francisco half-marathon.  Now I’ve done a half before, and I’ve done adventure races that were much more difficult, but this is the first time I will be running by myself.  Ok, there are probably over 5,000 people running, too, but this [...]

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