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Archive for July 2006

Watering The Earth

It has rained on and off the last few days. I like Summer rains. It’s a bummer for campers, but a real kick in the pants for me. And I think it started washing away that weird feeling that was hanging around.

MacGyver, Yoda, and Bacon of the Month

List of problems solved by MacGyver.
Tripped out acid Folger’s commercial.
Just like the real Yoda. Only in backpack form.
Jesus heals. Or at least stops the bleeding.
Papa John’s gets it right.
Bacon of the Month.

Like The Trees

In 2001, my first summer on staff at Calvin Crest, a man named Todd Holdridge brought up a group of high school students who he had met about a week before. He was their new youth pastor, and it was an extreme pleasure to be a part of their getting to know one another.
Tonight, [...]

This Is Glen

Glen is a camper in our program for people with developmental disabililties. His counselor told me Glen was interested in touring the “Business Office,” which apparently is where I work.
We had a great discussion about computers and typing and printers and other business-type things. He was very impressed by the Calvin Crest “Business [...]

Good Thing I Kept Them

So far the best part of today was the distraught camper who wanted to go home, easily appeased by watching old episodes of Quantum Leap, thus fueling her infatuation with Scott Bakula.

Dude, That Is Legitimate

A few days ago I heard someone use the term “illegitimate child.”
“Illegitimate” is a lousy adjective to ascribe to anyone. Especially children.
Note to self: Start using “legitimate” instead of “cool.”

A Martha For Mary

The Wisdom of the Desert:
A certain brother came to Abbot Silvanus at Mount Sinai, and seeing the hermits at work he exclaimed: Why do you work for the bread that perisheth? Mary has chosen the best part, namely to sit at the feet of the Lord without working. Then the Abbot said to his disciple [...]

The Joy of Reading About Cooking

My wife is reading “The Joy of Cooking.”
And I don’t mean browsing. I mean reading. As in, she just spent the last hour going through sauces.

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