Tonight, while most of the rest of the country went to see the newest installment of the Star Wars series, I went to see “Lady Bird”, the writing and directing project of “usually the actress” Greta Gerwig. The film is autobiographical of Gerwig’s hgh school years, when, growing up in Sacramento, California, all she...
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This afternoon at work, I went and helped a colleague deal with a software problem. We use a site online to help share files with clients, and she struggles to use it correctly quite often. We worked through her issue, and when I came back to my desk, I had a moment where I...
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In the spring, when the sky grew more blue than gray during the day and the snow in the high places began to melt and wake the water on the hillsides, little Udaya was told to watch her brother. In the early evening of the day before, Elan and Gopan had gone up into...
Read more →I think often of certain moments back when I was in seminary in the Bay Area in the early 1990’s, and am reminded what an important period those years were in my life. Going away to seminary, it was my first time “living away from home”, in a real sense. I completed college in...
Read more →Throughout my life I have been fairly close to the Bible. As kids, I and my brother and sister grew up going to Sunday School and church each weekend. We were involved with youth groups and church choirs in middle school and high school. We heard lots of Bible teachings. In high school, I...
Read more →This last August, I enjoyed going to my 30th high school reunion, if nothing more than to see a bunch of faces that I, 30 years ago and some, used to see day in and day out at school- although, in much younger versions. That’s the thing about reunions- for those that go, everyone...
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It wasn’t the ideal weekend for us to get together, but it worked out great anyways. At least it did for me. Steve was in town for the sorrowful reason of seeing his wife’s father laid to rest. The service completed on Friday (well-attended and honored by the words of his children), Steve had...
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