Thoughts on A Unique Gift

"Rain is completely outside of our control. Nothing we do can make it come or go away. We cannot influence to make it linger or persuade it to stay just a little bit longer. And when it pours forth in unthinkable quantities, all of our human ingenuity can do nothing to cease its torrential output. Rain reminds us that we are but dust."

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This Is What It Means To Be A King

Lune is "the jolliest, fat, apple-cheeked, twinkle-eyed King you could imagine" (The Horse and His Boy, pg. 154). This is no Stoic philosopher or brutal warlord. This is a flesh-and-blood man not about to let the joy of life pass him by (I am sure he thoroughly enjoyed his feasting days).

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Delivered at Jefferson County Courthouse, November 2024

It is fitting that this final milestone for our adoption falls so close to Thanksgiving Day. There is perhaps no word that better encapsulates today than thanksgiving. Today our hearts swell with gratitude. Our house is overflowing (in the best sense of that word). We now have four beautiful little girls.

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Sharing is Caring

Bicycles are awesome. Whatever avalanche of words follows, it is not meant to discredit the statement above. The swinging of the pendulum and the adoption of strange policies does not negate the merits of cycling itself. I would like this to be clear from the outset. Because I have something rather challenging to say to cyclists (and the towns that enable their ways).

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A Bit of Anglo-Saxon Strategy for the Church

The power of the shieldwall resided in the unity of the soldiers and their courage to hold the wall. As those who are called to take up the shield, this historical example should stir us. Are we ready not only to hold our shield firmly, but to hold the line next to our brothers and sisters?

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Pondering the Queen of Meddlesome Mothers

"Yet with all this Mrs. Bennet-induced stress in my life as a reader, I respect Jane Austen even more for the spectacular character she designed. For all that one might do with Mrs. Bennet, the one thing that cannot be done is to ignore her. She demands attention."

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Wish Not One More Man

"King Henry understood something. You fight the battle that is in front of you. Those who long for another fight or different circumstances miss the opportunity for glory directly in their path. When the war comes to your doorstep, it is not the time to complain about the size of your army. It may be small. Things might have been different. But today is the God-appointed day, and this is the God-appointed fight."

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Musings on the Movements of Tiny People

"Of all the noises that bless or afflict the human person on a daily and sometimes minute-by minute basis, few are as delightful as the sound of little feet. Because, of course, little feet are attached to little people and little people are tremendous."

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Edition #1: Glory is Weighty

 "There is another glory. A glory that overshadows the world's glory like the sun overshadows a flickering single light bulb in a dark basement. God is full to the brim with glory, and His glory burns hot."

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And An Appeal to the State of Colorado's Better Feelings

"Plastic shopping bags were an American institution. Now in my beautiful home state, they have completely disappeared."

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