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Success or significance?

Do you remember being asked the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I can still remember my first answer to that question. I said, “I’m going to be a scientist.” This wasn’t because I loved science; I just thought it would be cool to mix chemicals and make them explode...

I wish I were you

ECHOES FROM THE LOAFERS’ CLUB MEETING This is the best potato and ham soup I’ve ever eaten. It’s clam chowder. This is the worst clam chowder I’ve ever eaten. DRIVING BY BRUCE’S DRIVE I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. I...

Painful path to growth

A psychiatrist once told the story of a brilliant computer technician whose wife left him because he was both emotionally distant and constantly suspicious of her. There was no intimacy in their marriage, yet he continually accused her of infidelity. After years of living this way, she took their...

Try an aebleskiver

ECHOES FROM THE LOAFERS’ CLUB MEETING You know what they say about getting older? No, what? I don’t remember either. DRIVING BY BRUCE’S DRIVE I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. I needed a good password. I always need one. I was...

Stay close to the trinity

You may have heard the story of Augustine. Once, as he walked along the beach, he noticed a small boy. The child was running back and forth between the ocean and a small hole he had dug in the sand. With each trip, the boy scooped water from the sea to pour into the tiny hole. Augustine...

The loudest usually know the least

ECHOES FROM THE LOAFERS’ CLUB MEETING I applied for a job at a convenience store. They asked me where I see myself in five years. What did you tell them? In a mirror. DRIVING BY BRUCE’S DRIVE I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. I...

With all my, a modern day parable

Let me introduce you to Roger. Roger is efficient. His days run seamlessly and he likes it that way. When his phone alarm rings at 5:30 AM, he is up and ready. Thanks to his programmable coffeemaker, he drinks his freshly brewed coffee at 5:37. He's already into treadmill routine by 5:45. He...

Rounding up cows

ECHOES FROM THE LOAFERS’ CLUB MEETING What’s wrong? I lost another ball today. You should give up bowling. DRIVING BY BRUCE’S DRIVE I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. It blew my whiskers off. A lot of farmland changed hands in...

Looking back on a year of growth

As we move through the final weeks of the school year, there is a noticeable shift across our schools. Classrooms are wrapping up projects and final units. Concerts, competitions, celebrations, and graduation preparations fill the calendar. Students and staff are beginning to reflect on how far...

Ascension and return

So when they had come together, they asked Him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will...