Card Club Cheese Ball
by There were a lot of bad things that could happen to a child growing up on a farm in Iowa in the 1970s and 80s. …
Acting like a Guest in God’s House
I have these two people who mistakenly think they are guests in my home, when, actually, they are family. It’s a long, pandemic-y winter break. …
The God of the Unexpected
Perhaps more than anything else, 2020 has been unexpected. This unexpected, abnormal Christmas that caps off 2020 is actually an apt tribute to the first …
Balding
No one was quicker to catch on to the fact that I was 50 than my own body, and now I was balding. It wasn’t …
Lavish Love
One of the most glorious places of my childhood was Southern Hills Mall in Sioux City, Iowa. Good things happened there. On Sundays, we joined …
God is a Multiplier
I’m writing this in November 2020, when everything feels divided up. Jesus is a multiplier, not a divider. Remember the feeding of the 5000? Multiplication. …
Hello world!
So, I think the hardest thing about starting this simple blog will be, for me, keeping it simple. Which is odd, because so much of …