Here in Minnesota we’ve had a bit of a cold snap now and then this winter. As some of you know, my son Pete lives, goes to school and works as a firefighter in Fairbanks Alaska. When he was home for a couple days to join us for Christmas he noted that it was cold [...]
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I just finished Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup. It is the story of a Chaplain for the Maine State Warden Service (game wardens) and how she came to enter the ministry, specifically a law enforcement chaplaincy ministry. For obvious reasons, Ann my book consultant and owner of Excelsior Bay Books in [...] This Friday, April 13, 2007, there will be a presentation by Jeff Streucker, at the Emmanual Christian Center. Friday, April 13 7:00 p.m. A special invitation to all our men and women in our community who are serving or have served in one of these capacities: Jeff is a career Army Ranger who shares his story as [...] Here is the excerpt from “The Tender Bar” I promised in Monday’s post. On Friday afternoons Bill and Bud would quiz me about what I’d read that week in school. They would then cluck with disgust and take me around the book store, filling a shopping bag with coverless books. “Every [...] A couple of weeks ago I finished “The Tender Bar” by J.R. Moehringer. It is a memoir that Cam read as part of her book club. She thought I would enjoy it since it was a story about a kid growing up who wanted to be, and eventually ended up being, a writer. For [...] Click here for previous post on “Waking” From pages 148-149, part two of the book. My interest in philosophy, both in undergraduate and graduate studies, focused on the mind-body problem and issues related to consciousness. Without knowing it, I was beginning the process of reconnecting to my body. But at this point, I still believed what [...] Click here for previous post on “Waking” From page 88, the close of part one of the three-part book. This passage follows his first gin and tonic, a drink he associated with becoming an adult. The moment after gin and tonics, the realization that there is not a prize behind door number one, is a [...] This past week I finished “Waking†by Matthew Sanford. For book reviews I probably need to develop a rating system for consistency purposes, but until that happens I’m going to go with how much I enjoyed the book, and I thought it was “great”! I bought it when it first came out [...] There was a story in the source-health section of today’s Mpls Strib titled “Air of awareness”. It talks about the health benefits of conscious, controlled breathing exercises. We can’t not breath, but so often we don’t pay attention to our breathing. I was not a use of force instructor when I was a cop, [...] I read a good book this past weekend while in Duluth with Amy at the sled dog race. The book is “the Wisdom of Yawdy Rum” by Michael Lane. My dad lives next door to the author and bought me the book. He saw a lot of similarities in the story and what has [...] Two days ago I had the opportunity to have lunch with a pastor friend of mine and a friend of his, Jack Fortin. As I navigate the world of ministry, theology, non-profits, seminary…. I have been blessed with the opportunity to meet a lot of different people and share my story and hear theirs. [...] At yesterday’s Lake Minnetonka – Excelsior Rotary Club talk, after hearing my retirement story an attendee recommended that I read ReFirement: A Guide to Midlife and Beyond by James V. Gambone, Ph.D. As I have transitioned careers I hoped that I would have more time to read, and I have. But the quantity of things [...] “Learn from the past, but don’t let it rule you” This is the title of Harvey Mackay’s Outswimming the Sharks column in Thursday’s business section of the Strib. The title pretty much sums up the content of the column. He also shared a couple of quotes I liked: Eleanor Roosevelt: “Learn from the mistakes of others. [...] One of my most consistent spiritual fitness exercises is to read, reflect and pray. Since February of 2002 I have used A Guide to Prayer for All God’s People as my primary piece of spiritual exercise equipment. It was a gift from a very good friend of mine, Pastor Scott. The book is broken down [...] |
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