Living the Dream
I pick up dog poop these days.
One of the keys is to have the poop baggie already opened and on your hand before the pooch finishes squaring up. You’d be amazed how tough it is to find that pile once she’s trotted away from it. Especially Continue reading “What Dog Poop is Currently Teaching Me About Life.”
I went to Central Asia to do ministry because I wanted to be able to tell people I went to Central Asia to do ministry.
If I had to give a percentage regarding my motivation, I’d say 60% wanting to Continue reading “The Lie of Perfect Motives.”
It was probably when I offered to drop by her house with a cowboy hat that she figured out something was up. But to be honest, it was probably earlier than that.
We were at a rodeo Continue reading “5 Years and 9 Months to the day.”
The one thing that has surprised me in making the transition from vocational ministry to “secular” work has been how easy it is to stand out from the crowd in terms of being a good employee. I came up with a 3-step process to guarantee that you end up in the top 10 percent.
I started this story last week.
When I left off from telling the story, I had established LB (my 2.5-year-old) as having gotten the attention of everybody in the room. Soon afterwards, Corey (our pastor) called us forward to officially take our membership vows.
I think that’s what we ended up doing, but looking back Continue reading “Things that weren’t in the “new parents” brochure: Joining a Church.”