I’ve been writing…
Dr. P. Lee’s Slippery Slope
Staring at the cold, plastic reflection looking back at him, Dr. Peter Lee understood the reality that would define the rest of what remained of his now short life: “I’m a banana?!?” These words did not come out the way most do, breathy, weightless, listless, and temporary. No! He regurgitated, rather than spoke them. They…
Sentenced To A Life Of Love
My conviction that real people’s real lives bring theology to life. I was a young pastor (28) in my first year of ministry. A man contacted me and asked for a meeting. I was eager to be seen as a “real pastor.” Which, to me, at the time, meant giving people advice and helping them…
Serving A Duo(lingo)-Purpose
Duolingo is a language learning platform. It has 38 different languages you can learn including rare languages like Navajo, Irish, and Hawaiian, and all of the main languages of the world like Italian, Chinese, and Spanish. Yo he aprendiendo español para tres años usando Duolingo. If you’ve ever thought, “I’d like to learn a new…
A Wise Old Tree
Worldview of hope This tree is on Ruby Beach about as far north and west as you can get on the lower 48 states of the United States. It’s clinging to the sides of continually eroding embankments, while wind, water and time conspire to break its will. It has come to be known by locals…
Let The Light Catch Your Eye
I was driving my brother-in-law’s 2000 Jeep Cherokee, east, on highway 101 on the north-western most edge of the United States. The Jeep is awesome! It has a reinforced suspension and mud tires! Jeremiah, my 13-year-old son, was in the backseat going through the photos of the first half of our trip. We were in…
Tundra Troubles
I drive a Toyota Tundra… Sorry, I felt that sentence needed its own line. I really love my truck even though it has 260,000 miles on it. That’s a lot for most cars, but these trucks are built to last. Mine is a 5.7 liter V8 (or at least that’s what the decal says on…
Is That Judas?
Can you imagine experiencing Jesus’ final hours as a seventeen to twenty year-old kid? John, son of Zebedee, brother of James was the youngest apostle. He was “the one Jesus loved,” depicted leaning against Jesus’ shoulder by Leonardo Da Vinci in, The Last Supper. What follows is a first person, stream of consciousness, description of…
Adopted Son
An Easter Story This is me baptizing my son, Micah Nicholas Bishop. He was Born April 18th, 2011 at 11:00pm Tuesday before Easter of that year. We met him 15 hours later. Walking by the nursery window there were two babies. One was sleeping in a little cot, the other was being snuggled and loved…
An Easter Miracle
One of my earliest Christian memories occurred on Easter Sunday when I was nine years old. Our family had a favorite priest named Father Tony. A short, wiry man, with intense passion for social justice. He was in our home several times a month for dinner, or, to drop off donations from the food pantry.…
Donuts or Dulmas
On the surface, these two things could not be more different. Look a little closer, however, and I think you’ll agree they have a lot in common. To begin with, they are both delicious. Perhaps that opinion is not shared by enough people to convince you of its merit, so here is a more substantial…
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