I was working from a coffee shop this morning with one of my best friends. You know, the kind who when they ask you, “How are you doing?” it’s like you were injected with a James…
Browsing Category Life
Peace Out, 2015
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired. The world is broken, and people are hurting, and sometimes I just feel like we need a worldwide group nap. (Sleep deprivation makes people cranky, after all.) But wait, there is HOPE! This is the season of Advent.
I Met A Guy Named Pete
The last two months have been a whirlwind. Maybe more like a tornado. First, my dad was admitted to the hospital with liver stones. After an ultra sound, and then biopsy, the doctors detected metastic…
40 is the new…well…40
Recently, I was reminded of the story of the Israelites being set free from slavery in Egypt, along with the adage about people wanting to “return to Egypt” as the Israelites did. I mean, yeah, their circumstances at the time weren’t ideal, but they wanted to go back to being slaves. Crazy, right? For many of us, I think age can be like this.
The Secrets We Keep
For years, besides a few close friends, I didn’t tell people about my dad. I wasn’t consciously embarrassed, but looking back, I must have felt shame for some reason. Maybe I thought it spoke into my own identity. Maybe I didn’t want to burden others with the revelation that my family was broken.