It was 3:00 on Saturday afternoon. A giant knot stamped out its authority on my stomach. I sat with about 2,500 people in Skoglund Auditorium. 750 of them were incoming freshman class at St. Olaf College. They arrived the day…
I love Easter. The week leading up to Easter is an opportunity to reflect on the life and death of Jesus. Easter Sunday provides an opportunity to experience resurrection in life. The old can become new. I love the week…
My knee isn’t doing the best these days. It happened lifting weights. A snatch for those of you who are wondering. I told the architect that I wanted the church designed without any stairs so that everywhere was accessible to…
I dropped David off at school today. Summer is over. As of today, he is a fifth grader. I observed a bunch of parents at the other end of the school. The moms and dads dropping off their boys and…
I’m a failure. I have failed more than succeeded at life. My dream in high school and college was to run a sub four-minute mile. I’m guessing I raced the mile or its metric equivalent over one hundred times. I never…