methodist musings

that was the message header in an email i sent to tic long, president of events for youth specialties, mark oestricher, president of youth specialties, and michelle fockler, vp of events at ys…
i was working on keywording some images in a photo management program i use when a thought struck me. i figured i’ll […]

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i haven’t written anything here for over a week..no excuses. just didn’t get it done. i tuned into my netnewswire and found this entry about my nephew, written by my sister-in-law. pretty neat.
Why Timothy Is The Coolest Kid I Know, an essay by Bethany: “Timothy is just the coolest kid. He’s […]

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I just posted this review about a local burger joint in bloomington called meatheads. i haven’t found the actual website yet, but i’m keeping my eye out for it. if you ever to “happen” through this city, give it a shot…
Meatheads is a unique concept, birthed in Bloomington, IL the same home of […]

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it’s true. i used to, but i try not to anymore.
of course there’s a story. three years ago i was at a youth retreat with some other ministry friends and a few of us were sharing a hotel room. up to that weekend i’d always used the hotel room coffee pots. […]

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last night we arrived in chicago for our weekend getaway. we’re looking forward to a weekend of fun, without too much scheduling. last night we got all gussied (if that’s a real word) up and headed out to the john hancock building. there are three options once you’re there.
1. go up […]

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as frank sinatra sang, “chicago, chicago, that totteling town” i remember when my wife and i lived there and how much i love that city. being a san diego boy, i enjoy being back in the thick of city life.
i’ll be gone for a few days, retreating to chicago with my wife through monday […]

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as i sit at the kitchen table at 7:45am waiting for everyone else to wake up, i just enjoyed a piece of blackberry jam cake. yesterday was my dad’s birthday, he’s 59 now. when my wife and i arrived at their house my parents were in the kitchen and my dad was slaving […]

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it’s been four long days since my last post. we’ve been cleaning the house to have family over for christmas. we have 3-4 christmases with a year with different parts of the family…the christmas at our house has come and passed, now we’re at my parents, and this afternoon we travel to michelle’s […]

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