Processing Life

Fire Alarm Temptation

When I was at the library at Moody Friday, I was talking on the phone by a wall with a fire alarm that had this sticker above it:

Remember snowmageddon?

A little over a month ago the snow storm of the century headed toward Chicago. Now in saying that, this century is only 11 years old. Just the same, the winters over the last 11 years have been lame and what we saw crawling across the weather radars toward us did indeed look like a huge…

“Born in the USA” was not written for July 4th

Firework shows across the country are wrapped up by now. Bottle rockets, jumping jacks, roman candles and the like will still be going off for quite awhile. Some of the firework shows were probably lame (like the one I saw in Cincinnati) and some…

This song scares me to death

Take my son’s 4th birthday this past Saturday and add to it that I’m now gone 5 days for work this week and what it brings is me thinking about this song today:

Pray for the violence to stop in Little Village!

My friend Matt DeMateo works with New Life’s location in Little Village, a Chicago neighborhood with high gang activity. The violence in Little Village has been out of control these last 6 weeks. Matt sent out the below call for prayer this…

Best Father’s Day Gift Ever

A few days ago Jeannette asked what I wanted to do for Father’s Day. There wasn’t a specific activity, but there were specific parameters:

• I don’t want to do any work.
• I don’t want to drive anywhere far