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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Now bring on the victory laps
When I first began to formulate the metaphor of victory laps in 1977 (much more later), my wife, Donnie, and our children—then 16, 14, and 12—were living in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania on a little circle of houses kept for new … Continue reading
A Hollywood opening
Saturday, April 22, was my first visit to the Hollywood branch [1] of our library system. [2] It was a spectacularly good experience. Already I feel a reluctance to go back to try to experience it all over again because … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life
Tagged Oregon, Portland, public ceremonies, public libraries, welcome to everyone
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Hey wait. There IS another way
I love those moments when the familiar options suddenly turn themselves inside out and everything looks instantly different. Daniel J. Levitin gave an amazing example in the New York Times of March 25 (here) and I have been looking for … Continue reading
A Bunny Welcome for Jesus
This year, Walmart featured a very upbeat TV ad with the caption, “Easter like you mean it.” It’s about kids running around in a well cared for neighborhood, chasing each other and finding easter eggs while inside the house, the … Continue reading
Remembering Dad at Easter
My father has been dead for more than thirty years, but every Easter, I remember him as vividly as if we talked just last week. I am going to show you two really ordinary pictures today. They are pictures of … Continue reading
Posted in A life of faith, Getting Old, Living My Life
Tagged Dad's faith, Easter, integrity, resurrection, wrestling with belief
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Gifted, the story of “The Continent Uncle”
Let’s get the invidious comparisons out of the way right here at the beginning. McKenna Grace is much cuter than Matt Damon has ever been. OK, having said that, Good Will Hunting is a much richer movie than Gifted. Both … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Gifted, having a life, knowing the truth, mathematically gifted, McKenna Grace, telling the truth
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Thinking about Chinese dominance
I grew up at a very favored time in the U. S. We had fought and won a war against “the Axis powers.” We had a nuclear monopoly in the world. We were the last undamaged economy in the world … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Chinese economic base, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, globalism, market for solar panels, nationalism
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James the Presbyter at Princeton
I have been paying a good deal of attention to the recent goings-on at Princeton Theological Seminary for one reason or another. The issues themselves are small potatoes, it seems to me; in comparison to the reasons people have given … Continue reading