on the edge of ordinary

Yesterday I got to ride to my favourite large park.  I don't think I've been there since April!  It was my first ride there after th...

Life has settled down again to a discernible rhythm. It's a bit of a relief, actually—I work better like this. I find it hard to concent...

Considering spiritual retreats—I think that I've pretty much decided that I do better with an "active" or "creative"...

I don't make New Year's resolutions (see here ), but sometimes it makes sense to start something new in January.  This year I've...

This week we've had some unseasonably cold, wet, and gloomy days. Our temperatures went down to low teens (Celsius). I don't enjoy ...

I was strengthening my muscles at the gym today when I realised that I haven't written on those verses in Joshua 1 that I said in Januar...

I found one of our younger two boys making this table the other day. He's processing what home assignment this year means in his life. I...

On New Year's Day I pondered here about selecting a Scripture passage to ponder for this year (and especially committed to writing abou...

Yesterday I had a two-year-review with my mission. Seeing as we've been here since December 2000, this must be about my eighth time to d...

I did it again today: I had to do maths to figure out which number in my 40s belongs to me right now! This is something that younger people ...

I'm sitting around at 5pm on a Friday, trying to figure out what to put here on this blank page. All I can think about is how much time ...

I've just finished reading this book about how biblical faith applies to our working lives (that includes non-paid work). I loved it. I...