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Acts 17.16-34: 16 While Paul was waiting for [his fellow missionaries] in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of ...

I haven't been posting sermons lately because I've been edging away from manuscripts a bit. Yesterday was my longest foray away yet...

I am still regularly amazed at how much I love being a father. Granted, sometimes it's a big pain in the tucchus - especially days like...

Well, there are several reasons in this story - you get to pick which one you like, the "90 years old and just going to his first Huske...

Fell asleep on the couch watching Sportscenter last night after a thrilling UCLA-Tennessee game. Alanna woke up crying 30 minutes after I s...

Amen, baby.

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing hono...

I'm setting forth on a great journey, again, one I've taken many times before. Yet along that road I find new wonders and fantas...

Some time ago I posted about driving home and thinking of Larry Meyer, so deep in memories of my own campus ministry experiences that I'...

This week's Friday Five brought to you by DayTimer, the Franklin Planner and the number 5... It's Friday afternoon, Eastern Time, an...

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This was lunch today: bangers & mash with a Guinness chaser. My colleague from down the hall has accepted a call to a church on the nort...

Life has been busy at die Johnson Haus lately: many family members arriving and leaving and lots of planning and cleaning and cooking and s...

Ooooooh, this'll be fun! Lotsa things changing in the life of RevScott & the girls this fall, so it'll be hard to pick which fiv...

My head is swimming trying to get back into the swing of full time ministry after three weeks of paternity leave. Seriously, just catching ...

It's been an interesting week since last I posted. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it. Some good stuff happened, about which ...

I need to confess something. Working at the Lutheran Center drives me absolutely nuts sometimes. No, I don’t mean it’s a lousy job. Far from...

You need to read this post by the Questing Parson, even if you're not a pastor - because there's a good chance that all of us, pasto...

The oppressive heat here in Ames is keeping the girls inside most of the time, so Mommy has taken LOTS of cute pictures of Alanna the last f...

I've already given up on the 365 Project with Alanna. This is NOT due to Second Child Syndrome (at least, I keep telling myself it isn...