Baby Steps in Discipleship The task of discipleship can be overwhelming. Yesterday in church I was reminded that God’s purpose for me is that I become more Christlike. Hmmm. Forgive me, but that sounds a little overwhelming. But then I remember. This work is...
The Joy of Algebra I have a confession. I wasn’t very good at math when I was younger. In fact, it was only after leaving high school, and at age 32 when I passed the extremely demanding Civil Service Fast Stream entrance exam that I realized i wasn’t actually a math...
The Necessity of Repentance I’m reading through the Gospel of Matthew right now, and was struck by the words of John the Baptist, at the beginning of chapter 3. In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the desert of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom...
An Unexpected Kindness Yesterday, while Landon was at the Zoo, training for his summer Nature Trail program, Cathleen, Cicely and I visited Land’s End trail in San Francisco. After wandering around for a while, exploring the ruins of the Sutro baths, we went back up...
Why I had to flee the mall this morning… Okay, first of all, as a condition of reading this, you have to promise not to call the police or mall security on me, as I tell this, ahem, fictional story. This morning, after dropping the kids of at school, I headed to the...
The Eclipse a.k.a. “I saw nothing” This last Monday, I put a strange, very time-specific item on our Staff Meeting Agenda. It read like this 10.15am Eclipse I had read that the eclipse could be best viewed at 10.15am if you were in San...
