Last Tuesday I was out in the pasture with my wife fixing a horse fence. My 4 year old grandson Nicholas was over and wanted to come and help--I said it didn't sound like a good idea for him to come into the pasture (because I have a hard time working on things while keeping an eye on a child in a potentially dangerous situation), but Grandma said it would be fine, so along he came. The 5 minute fix
On Saturday, a group of us turned out at 9AM for a township clean up of our valley. The reason the township does this is that we are in a beautiful area that seems quite remote once you enter, but is close to town. It's a great place to drive through and enjoy the beauty, and it's a great place to come and dump your garbage. Your garbage may just be leaves or a couple stumps, or it could be large cement pylons, old hot tubs, tires, waste oil or cou
When I was about 20, I received a letter in the mail that said for a 5 dollar investment, I could get a steady stream of cash income. It seemed like a great deal to me, so I sent for the information. I got a letter back explaining the process, and it had a few other addresses on it. I was directed to send 5 more dollars to the next person on the list, and he would send me the next thing I needed to know. So I sent 5 more dollars and got a sheet back that said I was to send l
JOA This is a wonderful poem. I cried when I read it. You are such a great mother! T-man
Touche. T-man
I add a big hearty amen to this post. I am actually here very little these days, though for awhile 2 or 3 years ago I felt hopelessly addicted. When I hung around more, I was embarrassed by the Christians who seemed so unaware of their naked judgmentalism; I didn't want to be associated with them. Your blog expressed my sentiments to the T. If you don't really care about people, why in the world would they want to listen to you flap your mouth about religious mumbo jumbo? Christ came to bri
I really expected a comment from shades of gray. T
Okey dokey. Looks like we agree. T-man
The way I figure it, she's already been my answer to prayer hundreds of times. I don't feel betrayed by getting a "no" after so many "yes"'s. With such an attitude of focusing on what you have, not on what you don't have, you will go far my son. I continue to pray. Dad
I really liked this blog, Dan. I loved this point: Actually, the bible notes that He is particularly accessible to the broken, the poor, the weak, t he sick, and children. In other words, it is easier for people who are not extremely self-reliant to reach the kingdom of heaven. Why? Because people who are self-reliant often don't feel that they need faith. Which brings up something else more specific about your view of clic
Wow. I came late on the scene to this one! I havnt seen you THIS irritable in some time, Dan. I felt sorry for SMQ stumbling unknowingly into your blog. OOps, gotta go. T-man
I would say that confessions of love are hearty stuff. You used to be more heady, and I would not go so far as to say that you no longer are, but this is a very warm and hearty movement in your view of love. It certainly brought a tear to my eye. T-man
You seem a bit melancholy as you wrap things up in Haiti. I can see why. I am very glad you took this seeming rabbit trail, because for you, i think it was the main road. Dad
A very well articulated personal paradigm shift. That's the kind of ah ha experience it's easy to loose, too. Put it in 92 font above your bed. Dad
She's worth fighting for. T-man
"We have always had the self cleaning type, a house keeper or perhaps scrubbing bubbles that came while I was sleeping" That would have been me. It has always amazed me that the time our oven is the cleanest and the time that all the projects have been done on the to-do list, is the moment we are walking out the door of that house for the last time. I loved this story. T-man
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