minnie
I met Minnie when I was in high school…maybe 17 years old. I’d gone to church with her and her husband Louis all my life, and while I’d seen them, I had never met them. But then our youth director had this idea that the youth were going to do a secret pals type thing … Read more
random notes from a road trip
Friday: St. Louis, MO, to Rochester, MN 9:00 am – time I planned to leave home. 9:30 am – actual time I left. 9:40 am – Oops. I forgot my camera. Let’s turn around. 9:50 am – second time I left. 100 miles later – Oops. I forgot all of my shower stuff. Hope Les … Read more
on babies and prayer
In January a member of a Bible study group I’m a part of shared with us that she has had two miscarriages and that she just really wanted to have a baby. She felt kind of weird about praying for a baby and instead had been praying for God’s will. The rest of us in … Read more
a Chicago adventure
I spent the early part of the week in Chicago doing a video shoot for a promotional DVD for the next National LCMS Youth Gathering. Here’s my favorite moment of the trip: Monday night we went out to eat at Ed Debevic’s, a diner-style restaurant where the waiters are intentionally rude. Our waitress was more … Read more
a funny story
On the Fourth of July, we went with some friends to see fireworks. While we were driving, my friends’ kids were talking to me and asking questions. The boy, who’s seven, asked me if I was going to have a baby. I said no, not any time soon. His eight year old sister then said … Read more
