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God Makes it Hot Sometimes
Some pretty hot and humid weather these past few days… thankfully, a break coming with a cooler front coming in later tonight. It’s hard for it not to affect teachers and students in their still-aired classrooms. The lucky ones with fans, or the super fortunate ones (I met one today!) with air conditioning units.
One student [...]
Faith and Stuffed Cabbage
How good to wake up on Saturday to a brisk winter morning–or rather shielded from the reach of it–through the marvels of home insulation and the welcome warming sun coming through the windows. The luxury of being able to start slow– breakfast, percolated coffee and a book.
Finally making my way through the end of [...]
Certainties
You feel more grounded after really good days like these. Certain.
Reading the longer books aloud with a warm-bodied nephew and niece early in the morning. Crouched together and leaning back against the bedboard, small heads resting on your chest and small hands reaching up for ears and the softness of hair.
A breakfast at sister’s [...]
The Last of the Metrozoids (part 9)
[Read part 8 here]
The Last of the Metrozoids
by Adam Gopnik
Part IX
If this story were the made-for-television movie that every story about early death threatens to become, we would have arranged one fiery game between the Giant Metrozoids and another team, a bigger, faster, slightly evil team, and the Metrozoids would win it for their coach. [...]
Why Tony Dungy Gets That Respect
A good read about the Indianapolis Colt’s former head coach and his mentoring relationship to recently reinstated quarterback Michael Vick. A bit of a different window into the life of probably a large number of star athletes and what distracts or keeps them. Maybe it’s a good thing that the closest thing I ever got [...]
Stewards of a Mystery
I enjoyed the topic of my church meeting this morning, an opening welcome meeting for the start of the new academic school year:
The first point from Acts 17:23-27; Romans 16:25-26 and 1 Corinthians 2:7-8: God is a mystery.
The central focus from a number of verses in Colossians chapters 1-4, and Romans 10:13-14: Christ [...]
Visit to Church in Ipoh–Extension and Expression
Monday July 27th, 2009 8:30 AM
Getting ready for a day visiting Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, with my cousin A-K, older brother of my cousin Y-K from Singapore. Driving from Ipoh to K.L yesterday, there was a clear sense that this is a place that mixes the modern and traditional really well. Or at [...]
Sunday near end of June (already!): Sofra, a tune, and the church across the street
Setting up for a few hours with S. on a drizzly Sunday afternoon at the nearby coffee place, Java Jos. Wrap up and wind down in steady progression for a number of pieces– my work with my group of teachers in their individual schools and classrooms, the Teaching Ambassador Fellowship, Campaign for Civics work [...]
Since it’s all about observational parallels– Lincoln/Darwin and Angels/Ages
Take a look. Besides noticing that my favorite non-fiction writer is almost painfully shy (at least under the full comedic gaze of one Stephen Colbert), it’s also something worthwhile to consider if Lincoln and the rest of us, could in fact, belong to both the angels and ages.
The Colbert Report
Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / [...]
That Baseball Romance