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Written on Monday, 05 June 2017

Mayberry.Stars Hollow. We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it. Cole Camp is our Mayberry and our Stars...

Written on Monday, 15 May 2017

My daughter, Charlotte, loves the book, The Little Blue Truck. She loves the animals and making their sounds with their pictures....

Written on Tuesday, 18 April 2017

It’s just a concrete slab. Hard, dirty, dusty, bumpy. A thick piece of concrete nestled in the center of the compound....

Written on Saturday, 15 April 2017

The tomb is empty. So they say. So the story tells us. Year after year. Jesus lived, died, and was buried. Placed in a tomb...

Written on Monday, 10 April 2017

I entered the college’s chapel to be greeted immediately by the organ music. Could it be the same music I heard so...

Written on Wednesday, 29 March 2017

“Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things.” -Thomas Merton Beauty...

Written on Friday, 10 March 2017

Have painted rocks come to your town? For me it began with one find - at the park, perched on a tree stump, I found a rock....

Written on Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Saturday, February 18th, 2017. Nearly 70 degrees. Again, I repeat: It’s February in Missouri.

Written on Saturday, 11 February 2017

I have great memories from attending Prom in high school. I was crowned Prom Queen my senior year so who wouldn’t have...

Written on Thursday, 02 February 2017

#MUSLIMSWELCOMEDME I find that if I read through my journals from my time serving in the Peace Corps in The Gambia, West...

Written on Friday, 20 January 2017

A weekly writing assignment shared with a friend has turned into a gift of words and stories. A number of months ago my friend,...

Written on Thursday, 05 January 2017

Parked in our attached garage you’ll now find my car. Such a small detail to share, but full of meaning. And joy. As...

Written on Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Particularly close to God. Particularly close to God? That was the 10 minute free writing assignment that stumped me -...

Written on Sunday, 04 December 2016

On the eve of our town’s fair, “Our World’s Fair,” as it's affectionately known, my daughter, Charlotte,...

Written on Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Dear Charlotte, I once wrote a letter a day for 40 days. Give or take a few days. During the season of Lent I gifted myself...

Written on Wednesday, 23 November 2016

I still remember the phone call. Somewhere around my third day in the office figuring out what it meant to be Pastor Kim...