Ups and Downs

I’ve been told that church planting is an occupation with extreme highs and lows, and I am coming to believe it. But I’m not complaining.
I’d much rather put up with the occasional low point than monotony. Monotony in an emotional lobotomy. Everything becomes a level plain. Monotony makes everything predictable and familiar, [...]

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Fog

A friend of mine used to talk about the fog in California. I visualized it as the fog I had experienced growing up in Arkansas. A bit here. A bit there. Always very localized. I thought that was what she was talking about.
She said that sometimes the California fog lasted for [...]

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Prejudice

“My wife really likes that drink.” That’s what I said as an icebreaker to the person sitting near me in a local coffee shop.
We talked for nearly an hour about life, church, art, travel, and children. I found out a lot about this person in that short while, and it makes me feel [...]

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Long Lost Cousin

I got a cryptic e-mail several weeks ago inviting me to establish contact with a cousin I’ve never met. I sent back a vague response and asked for proof.
You can never be too safe these days. I get all sorts of e-mail invitations to receive huge sums of money from persons with no [...]

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