Monthly Archive

I got home yesterday afternoon, exhausted after 19 days on the road in August. I slept for two hours before dinner late afternoon and then another 13 last night. God was kind to me as I met so many interesting people. Wednesday I flew to Pasco Washington from Philadelphia. Pasco is in the middle of the state, largely an agricultural area. Thursday a good part of my day was spent with some of the good people of Broetje Orchards.  www.broetjeorchards.com  Cheryl and Ralph started their orchard in 1968 and struggled in the early years.

Recently I have read three most interesting, provoking and troubling books. These are three of the best reads I have had in recent years.
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty
by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman. The authors track the production, storage

To build or not to build. Our president is embroiled in a controversy about developer Sharif el Gamal's plans to build a mosque and community center near the site of the 9-11 tragedy.  At face value, the outrage is understandable, an Islamic center being built near the site where the atrocity of Islamic radicals was evidenced. Some sites in the world where the most evil of human behaviors have been displayed have strangely become sacred places . . . places that give testimony to the brokenness of humanity.

I plan to be in Pennsylvania this next week to perform a friend's wedding. I will perform it on Naomi and my 34 anniversary. I will be at Calvary, Sunday, August 22 and near Mr. B's for any of you available to drop by.  Naomi had hoped to come with me but her work responsibilities at ALARM didn't really make it an optimal time.

I had a myelogram today. Regretfully I have had a couple before. I don't like needles in my spine. I also had a CT scan. Unfortunately one of the leads in my spine has come loose. This is for the neurostimulator that I have. Monday I visit the neurosurgeon to find out what the next step is. The study included my lower back and upper back. So I am flat on my back for 24 hours and trying to type. 

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”   Anthony robbins

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”  William Burroughs

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.George Eliot

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”   Anthony robbins

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”  William Burroughs

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.George Eliot

Ben and me in a Vietnamese Restaurant in San Francisco

"For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life." Ephesians 2:10

"We are the poems of God . . . his works of art."  N.T. Wright