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I’m a big fan of roots. Deep ones; the kind you see snaking out from the river banks that you’re pretty sure belongs to the towering cottonwood tree twenty feet away. This has been my lifelong prayer for this pastoral … Continue reading →

There is something that does sneak up on you and crouches in wait, and it happens so suddenly (I think) that it causes my ears to perk up in alert. It is Calm. The wind dies away, the leaves cease … Continue reading →

I stayed on the island on Gabro Lake last night. Sleep did come easy. Nor stayed long. My inflatable pillow is quite possibly the noisiest device in all of creation. I wonder if the nearest campers a half-mile off can … Continue reading →

Wednesday, September 23rd /// Well, I had intended to stay at Little Gabro for another night. And for today to be a rest day. I woke and made coffee, set out the hammock, and two chapters into The Voyage of … Continue reading →

Tuesday, September 22nd /// I am cooking my supper (potato stroganoff) on a campsite that overlooks Little Gabro lake. The sun has set. The moon is up and waning. Only the face is showing. The geese are honking and gathering. … Continue reading →

A lady walked up to me while I was eating in Taco Bell a few weeks ago and said she heard I was to be ordained a priest. I greeted her and said yes, that is true. With a look … Continue reading →

I have lost most of my exclusionary tendancies towards people within the church–especially around the Lord’s table. So having read the Nashville Statement, written as a defense of traditional Biblical interpretation against LBGT behavior, I recognize within it a language … Continue reading →

Don’t feel sorry for us. We’re ok. And we’re going to be ok. But the last two years of our lives together have aged us and strained us and bent us into contortions befitting the ancient tradition of Kama Sutra. … Continue reading →

This post isn’t for you. It’s for me and for those who have found themselves lost at sea. It’s one o’clock in the morning. The wind is blowing outside and the hum of the box fan propped up in the … Continue reading →