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In the morning, Kami and I will point my little car south and head toward Nashvegas (as my kids call it). I am speaking twice at Celebration at Lipscomb University. My classes are at 2PM on Thursday and Friday. They will be part one and part two of “Jesus and the Nobodies.” The material will [...]

…that I married the lovely, wonderful, sweet, and incredible Kami in Denver, Colorado. I was in a suit from Woolworth’s. She came from an upper middle class family. My family was… well, my family, while hers was highly regarded in business, social, and church circles. It was widely assumed that our marriage would crash and [...]

I have been doing some behind the scenes work on a new Hidden People series. It isn’t ready for primetime yet but should be before the end of the year. (remember, it takes time to gather this kind of info) A friend sent me a link to a British newspaper article that has some bearing [...]

The temps got a bit too high for this guy today. Yes, yes, I know that many of you have even higher temps than we do here but you have to understand something — two weeks ago, we were wearing sweatshirts in Michigan. Today, it is 92 and humid. The whole area is under an [...]

I returned from SoulQuest just in time to join in a week long youth event at Rochester College called Elevate. There are lots of good speakers — and me — rotating in and out with able small group leaders and Chris Shields is leading the praise team. The kids seem happy and engaged, which is [...]

Yesterday was busy, as advertised in this space. After preaching twice and teaching the teen class, I went across the street and grabbed a quick lunch at Burger King (the Big Kid’s Meal. Thanks for asking) and ate it as I changed clothes in my office. Now festooned in jeans, sneakers, and Marine Corps polo [...]

I’m in the airport in Omaha. I am consistently surprised at the small size and limited facilities of major city airports. Just in recent months I’ve been in the airport for Baton Rouge, Nashville, Omaha, and Little Rock and compared them to our airport in Detroit. Say what you will about the city of Detroit [...]

I am only speaking in the evenings here at SoulQuest. That leaves me a TON of time during the day to fill. There isn’t a lot to see in York itself. It has a nice Wal-Mart and one of those tiny Pamida stores you find in rural areas. More than half of the storefronts downtown [...]

It was just yesterday that I was talking to my wife on the phone and said the words in question. She is up in Traverse City, Michigan enjoying that paradise (at least for two or three months a year) while I am soaking up the energy and love of hundreds of teens here in York, [...]

On Mackinac Island, you have to really think about anything you might need a long time before you need it. If you are involved in a home repair project (re: Greg England) and you find out you need another piece of trim, a skyhook, or a lumber stretcher… you have a $22 round trip ferry [...]