Attention

7/4/2025 Last night was the youth camp wrap up. It ended with fireworks. They were spectacular. And for just a few minutes our collective attention was focused upward. Like so many others, I was caught up in the marvelous display. It occurred to me that I was smiling and yet everything about me was completely relaxed. I glanced around very briefly and saw the same in the faces of those around me. For just a…
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The morning sun

7/2/2025 It is morning of the third day at Camp Zephyr in Sandia. There are about 700 youth from a bunch of churches. Not many of them are up yet. The camp is mostly quiet. I found a table overlooking Lake Corpus Christi that wasn’t too wet. Was just sitting here and realized that I was facing about east and the sun was about to come up. I love the sun on my face in…
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Volume

6/29/2025 I know, it’s still June, and we have a month and a half before the Fall semester starts, but I have a feeling that the next six weeks will fly by. So I’ve been thinking about it, and have determined that the one word theme to focus on is volume. In order to become good at something, it seems like, in addition to studying and learning how to do the something, one needs to…
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