Happy one year anniversary to us. What a great year it has been. I’m not going to write much now, but I wanted to stop in and say that the high school mission trip went really well. We really enjoyed getting to know some of the kids better. They’re special [...]

We haven’t gotten home earlier than 11pm since early last week, I think. Tonight doesn’t look like it will be any different. Tomorrow Adam begins the high school mission trip in Nashville. I’m going to help some. Adam has been so stressed and spread thin. I hope the projects are [...]

I talked to my friend Serife yesterday about dreams. She’s Turkish. We were talking about how big things happen when you have big dreams, and nothing special happens when you don’t dream of anything special. I ragged on Americans (myself included) about how we are a lazy culture, and since everything is [...]

I just came across this today- something I scribbled down one afternoon in February while I was in the First Baptist sanctuary resting on the front steps and enjoying the light pouring through the westward stained glass windows. It was my first attempt at poetry(?) in a long time.
This beauty is no accident
This beauty is [...]