Flagstaff

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Last weekend I visited my friends Chris and Angela in Flagstaff, AZ to celebrate their church plant’s five year anniversary. They have been through much hardship in those five years, including losing founding members, financial challenges, and much more. But they are still there, and are not going anywhere. They have not given up; they […]

17

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When I was 17 I went to Kings Island with my girlfriend of 5 weeks. 17 years later I returned with the same girlfriend and 3 of our kids. Today was a tiny bit of work and a lot of fun. I credit that primarily to a solid marriage choice and pretty amazing kids. I […]

Beef and Guinness Stew

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I have always loved St. Patrick’s Day. No not in for the green beer but for the story behind the man Saint Patrick was ironically not Irish. For more about this amazing man who loved the people of Ireland, check out this video: [vsw id=”fg5ejLGEnZk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] So in honor of the holiday, […]

Flying to India

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I brought a “travel” journal with me. The last entry was made 3 years ago while in Kolkata just before my wife and I picked up our son from the orphanage. Then no more entries in the travel journal. A ten month old will do that… Now he is 4, and my 8-year-old daughter sits […]

Weekend in Boulder

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4:04 pm, July 5, 2009 We’ve been in Colorado for about a week now, and have spent the weekend in Boulder. It has been great to have some family time with the Razavi’s, and we are staying at Michael and Laura Collins’ house. They are gracious and mellow hosts with a beautiful house on the […]

God is Sparkle

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“God is sparkle!” my 4 year old daughter announced. “Lord of the sparkles!” These were the words to her impromptu worship song as we drove home this evening. It’s cute when kids sing from their heart to God, but as i heard these words, i was struck by their wondrous and mystic nature. Modernity has […]

Adoption

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so my wife and i are about a year into this whole international adoption process, and we got a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago saying that our dossier is finally complete and we are ready to be assigned a child. the letter goes on to point out that a child assignment typically […]