The sour cream never had a chance. Innocently it waited in my refrigerator for the next potato- or nacho-based meal, which as a bachelor happened frequently. This particular day, I…
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Category: Communication
My plan was foolproof. When the time came to ask Kristin to marry me, I would surprise her at the top of Mount Helena. The cool mountain air. The city…
“So, we’re planning on taking Todd’s RV to St. George for some golf on a long weekend, down where it’s warm. It’s going to be like a mini retreat. Some…
The ground started shaking at 5:36 pm on Good Friday in 1964, and did not stop for almost 5 minutes. The 9.2 magnitude earthquake, and its 52 aftershocks – 11…
The town of Sidney sits in the far eastern edge of the Montana, surrounded by wide open, vacant spaces. Its “airport” consists of four walls, a roof, and a waiting…
I was running out of time and ready to give up. Coasting easily to the finish sounded so tempting, and after 12 miles of a 13.1-mile half marathon, my legs…
One of our friend Julie’s favorite phrases is the exclamation “Holy Buckets!” as in “Holy buckets, it’s cold outside!” With three kids of her own, she uses the phrase liberally…
Back in 2012, I gave my first sermon at Life Covenant Church about how sound is used in the Psalms, and how the Psalms provide a blueprint for communication the…
Barriers are everywhere, physically and figuratively, to keep people or things in or out, or to define our space. There are physical barriers, such as fences and bushes, around yards,…
Heads turned when my grandmother walked in the room for breakfast. Or so I was told. Decades would pass before I was born. My father and his brother were young…