Yard Sale

Today was Riverton’s “Treasure Day.” Houses all over town put out their junk and invite people come out and buy it. As our house is on the border between Riverton and Palmyra we’ve joined in the past through years, and then used whatever money we earn at the swim club snack bar throughout the Summer….

Remembering

On Wednesday I skipped one of my normal ABCNJ days to join my fellow chaplains at a “fallen officer” memorial service before the Burlington County monument. I didn’t realize the service would be be outside, so my face has gone all lobster, but it was small price to pay for the experience. I’ve never been…

Decorating

Central Baptist has a Portuguese speaking sister congregation, IBC. They’ve been part of our family for almost two years, and have brought an brilliant energy to our fellowship. It’s amazing to encounter how our different cultures tend to work, and how we compliment one another in many ways. One area in which our Brazilian family-members…

Outraged

I’ve been alive 2000 years and I’ve never had time for the luxury of outrage. The above is one of the more brilliant lines from the latest season of Dr. Who 1. The Doctor spoke it to his companion, Bill, when she wanted to scold him for accepting the death of a child. He didn’t…

“The Middle” – A Haiku

Regressives one way. Oppressors are opposite. The Center is choked. Much of my life has been a struggle with not fitting in. I’ve written before of how I never quite understood social cues as a child, and even though I’ve learned how to “read” a room I’m still uncomfortable in social situations. I feel my…

Weekend Stress, A Haiku

A stressful weekend. Much anguish, aggravation. Had no time to write. It’s amazing how two days of high stress, and no time to reflect, can be expressed in seventeen syllables.