Category Fleeting Thoughts

Another year in my 40s is coming to a close.  I used to enjoy the holidays.  I gave a short message at church recently. The message was an adult version of “What I did on my summer vacation” but was…

I often wonder what it is like to find your vocation. I haven’t. Obviously, based on my first statement. I’ve been pursuing “vocation” my entire adolescence into adulthood. The first thing I ever wanted to do was raise chickens and…

Pixels are cheap. I don’t need to spend any money on ink to write this. Good. There’s no way I have any insightful things to say beyond what has been expressed so far. American Christians have been granted a mercy…

Minnesota has had an odd winter. It’s been warm. Not a lot of snow. Been good for us having moved into the tiny house. Easy to adjust. Strange happenings brings out the crazy in people. One one hand, the environmental…

I take a daily walk around the farm. I think it’s important to keep an eye on as much of it as you can daily. You get to know the land, the fallen trees, the boulders, the birds. I’ve lived…

I’ve often said that the worst things to happen to our culture are social media, the stock market, and the industrial revolution. I think we can expand that list to five. 1. The 24 Hour News Cycle/News As Business News…

I don’t know what every other person’s relationship to music is. I’m always more than a little shocked when people tell me they don’t listen to music. I’ve joked that I believe I’m responsible for Spotify raising their prices; I…

I saw an old friend this week. When the temperature was 30 below zero in the wind, and the sun was bathing itself in fire and twilight, I saw him on the horizon and heard him in the trees. For…