The Refrigerator

I haven’t been so happy to experience the arrival of a delivery truck in a long time. A couple of weeks ago, the ice cream started getting soft in the freezer in the kitchen. Really? Pretty soon, the refrigerator itself began to show signs of global warming. We used...

Desert Heat

This week I reshuffled the routine of the staff week, so I could head out to the desert on Wednesday to visit Team Tesoro in Thermal. I kidnapped Danny (my son) to join me on the grueling excursion to the desert and back. As we made our way past all those obtrusive...

Swim or Flail

It has been a gnarly week around here. The beach-themed VBS was amazing. Led by Pastor Andrew, the team has worked very hard to ride the wave. The beach theme got me reminiscing about my love of the beach. Growing up my family would camp down in Carlsbad for two weeks...

Nancy

I usually wait for someone to pass until I write a Back Page about them, but I thought I’d modify tradition. Word came to me last Sunday that Nancy Wilson has terminal pancreatic cancer. Time is no longer measured in years but months if that. I have known Nancy ever...

The Blessing of Freedom

Tomorrow, we celebrate the 246th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; it’s the birthday of our nation. It is a red-letter day in the history of humanity if there is such a thing. This weekend we should celebrate our nation’s birth with great...