Posts Tagged ‘ Family ’
So my dad is writing his life memoir. It’s a combination of my proposing that he write down his life story for his grandchildren and not having a whole lot to do. I think having an uncle [his younger brother] who is a well-regarded, published scientist might also be spurring him on to write something [ READ MORE ]
I run into random people who say to me, “I heard you resigned!” And every time I hear it, I never feel like it’s the right word for what has happened these past few months. That word paints a picture of me handing over a letter saying I appreciate working here, but I came across [ READ MORE ]
Today is a bit harder than I imagined. It’s the fifth anniversary of my mom passing away. Walking through our family’s home in Fresno reminds me of little things my mom does. I get images of her doing chores, walking down the hallway and doing her morning exercises in the backyard. I know this goes [ READ MORE ]
We had another monthly worship gathering today. This was our 85th worship service [we met weekly for almost a year and then switched to monthly for about four]. And when you look at it that it was just another worship service. A blip on the church time line. One that we’ll likely forget. No miraculous [ READ MORE ]
Just to finish a thread on my mom… I was rereading a post I put up a year ago. And I unintentional wrote this right around Christmas time last year. I know it’s kinda cheater to repost an old blogpost. But hells-bells, who makes the rules here? I see tons of tweets get recycled over [ READ MORE ]
Christmas has always been a tough season for me. Part of it has to do with always feeling that Christmas and Easter are like finals week for pastors. The irony is that we’re not really setup for grandiose Christmas productions and earth-shattering alter calls. But it always just adds a little stress – proof that [ READ MORE ]
I always crave to hear about my parents’ history… how they ended up where they are at. And whenever I ask them questions like, “How did you get together?” or “Why did you make this decision?” it’s always followed by a very short and undescriptive response. Did they not want to share the foibles and [ READ MORE ]
It’s funny [or disturbing] how much gets revealed when you spend bulk time with your family. I’m in Taiwan spending a week with my dad – taking care of family business, helping him sort through my grandparents things. Basically spending some father and son time. There have been few moments of “I’ll remember this for [ READ MORE ]
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