Category Archives: Friendship

On community: food for thought (guest post by Erin Compton)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

I’m honored to have the inimitable Erin Compton writing for me today. Erin’s blog showcases her brave and astute writing about a variety of topics, from depression to the loss of the sacred feminine in modern Christianity to struggling to connect with … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Friendship, Guest Posts, Intentional Community | 2 Comments

Vintage Kettle: Fringe

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Hey friends. I promised a post today on intentional community. You won’t be getting it today. For now I’m planning on posting it Thursday. Everything is fine here, just a tiring weekend that didn’t get the memo about the blog post … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Faith, Friendship, Intentional Community, Parenting, Training Up a Child | 2 Comments

Embrace: Thirty

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

It’s magic hour here in my living room. It’s just before sunset, and the light is perfect. Terrence Malick shot almost all of Days of Heaven during magic hour, which is really about half an hour, and it’s one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Embrace, Friendship, Holidays, Marriage, Parenting | 4 Comments

Vintage Kettle: Truth through wires

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

I posted this one back in November, 2010, before most of you were reading my blog. A friend recently said she still reads it sometimes, so I thought I would give it another spin. Enjoy. ~~~~~~ I swear, sometimes words … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Poetry | 6 Comments

I like you

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Sometimes the most life-giving thing we can say to someone is I like you. I am a member of the most narcissistic generation that has ever lived. We think about ourselves, talk about ourselves, read about ourselves, study ourselves, watch … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Friendship | 6 Comments

Embrace the crazy

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

What would it take to get you out of Chicago? I asked for at least the tenth time in the last two months. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon this past October. My wife sat on the couch, and I sat … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Embrace, Faith, Friendship | 28 Comments

Skit

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A friend stayed with us this weekend, and during a Sunday night beer run to Kroger she reminded me I had promised to tell her about the one-man play I wrote and performed in high school about a teenage boy who … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Church, Faith, Friendship | 10 Comments

Embrace

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

2011 was a year of transition for Lyndie and Yosi and me. It was a year of accepting that certain chapters in our life were closed, that it was time to turn the pages and write something new. It was a time for … Continue reading →

Posted in Embrace, Faith, Friendship, Marriage, The Adventure of Life | 24 Comments

Truth through Wires

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

I swear, sometimes words seem to crawl down the walls at night and then scurry under the furniture when I turn on the lights. Of course they’re never there when I get down on my hands and knees to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Imperfect Prose, Writing | 10 Comments