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Archive Month: November 2012
Jey’s Story With A Side Of Barbecue
A man in the front row lowered his hotdog to his lap. A woman placed her index finger over her pursed lips to shhh her chatty teenagers. For ten minutes Jey had the attention of 4,000 people. And all it took was one story. “Texas,” I said, “welcome to the… Read More
On The Eve Of The End…Again
“I love you so so so so much, Daddy,” he said with a mouthful of cinnamon roll. “I’m miss you.” Which means, I think, that he will miss me. So I hug him a little longer and reassure him eyeball to eyeball that I love him and I’m coming back.… Read More
Maybe This One’s Only For You
He pressed play on the cassette deck, bowed his head and read along. He was the manager and father of a pop star in the making and I was a twenty year-old songwriter making a pitch. The song ended. He handed the page of lyrics back to me, made a… Read More
360 Degrees
I’m always looking for ways to take you with me. Words from Ann or Emily get you most of the way. Pictures are great, even better if Keely is taking them. Videos can add a little more real too. But now? Now I can put the video camera in your… Read More
The Seventy-Two
There were the three – Peter, James and John. The inner circle, friends Jesus relied on more than any others. And there were the twelve. The disciples passing out bread to the multitude, circled up around the Rabi, praying in the garden, sharing a meal together that last night. And… Read More