Let’s Go Exploring!

The final entry of my favorite comic strip was in the paper on December 31, 1995.
The Calvin and Hobbes finale was both the perfect goodbye and an enduring encouragement for new seasons:

No more calling dibs in Chicago

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The house where a dream grew up

“It doesn’t stand out at all. That round window is cool, but other than that it’s just a regular place…

Pics of crazy Chicago weather

Though no one has given it an ominous title like “Snowmaggedon” or “Coldpocalypse,” the weather in Chicago is pretty bad today. Tomorrow will only be worse as it gets to possibly -15 below.

Are you part of an aquarium or part of a marina? (A post not actually about fishing)

Aquariums are great. Whether it’s the phenomenal Shedd here in the city or a home tank, there’s just something soothing and at times entrancing about them. It’s almost hypnotic. Staring…

Have you taken your Christmas lights down yet?

I wrote up this timeline last year as far as how we see other people’s Christmas decorations:

• From the day after Thanksgiving to Dec 25: “Those Christmas lights are great!”
• Dec 26–31: silence

Woke up discouraged today

Woke up today a little discouraged. Lots to do, lots going on, know we have people all over the map emotionally and in life at our church. I’m juggling all that along with the paradox of excitement/fear for what’s ahead.

People actually read this stuff!

Prolific doesn’t describe my hoped for blogging efforts in 2013 (working 3 jobs fills the hours pretty fast), but I did get a few posts out there.

Looking over the stats, these are the top posts from last year:

Is prayer ever a difficult thing for you?

Prayer. We want to. We’re told we should. We’re convinced prayer would change things…