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Words and pictures for the spiritual journey :: Creative writing, photography, poetry, Christian spirituality :: Why is life bittersweet? Glad you asked.

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  • We're Back

    Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 11:56 in updates, church_planting

    Lindsay, Asher and I had a great weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa, a hybrid urban/suburban city that contains huge, old-school parks within the city limits, a brick & steel downtown not unlike Kansas City in miniature, and a clear demarcation between the...

  • Out on Assignment

    Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 20:46 in updates

    Tomorrow Lindsay, Asher and I will be driving up to Ottumwa, Iowa for the weekend. Why, you ask? (Details here.) Or maybe you didn't ask. Either way, we'll get back late Sunday, so the blog will have a quiet weekend. Drink some very cold lemonade for...

  • Update on What We're Doing

    Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 14:11 in updates, church_planting

    I've been promising to write an update about my family's plans for awhile--here's a quick get-you-up-to-speed post: Downtown Kansas City Church Plant (Update 1). If you want to see these updates on a regular basic, you can subscribe via email or rss ...

  • The Term is Over

    Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 13:56 in updates, academics

    We have just determined that my seminary days are over and I'm now a genuine graduate. Hallelujah. For the last month I've been literally slaving away in my final class, a "preaching lab"--which, yes, is probably the most unusual "lab" you could ever...

  • I'm Not Sure I Should Call This a Post

    Posted on Friday June 20th, 2008 at 15:09 in updates

    Occasionally a blogger will feel badly enough about his inability to write a substantial post that he'll write a guilty note and post that instead. This is one of those times.My "Preaching Lab," the final class for my Master of Divinity degree, has b...

  • Happy Birthday, Goodbye School, What's Up Dalgliesh?

    Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 15:55 in updates

    Every once in awhile, circumstances align themselves in such a way that you realize that circumstances definitely aren't smart enough align themselves in such a way. If you know what I mean. Moments of remarkable correspondence and well-timed resolut...