i was looking at google maps trying to find a place i've never been to before (apparently there are lots of places i've never been to). it's on a stretch of apache blvd in tempe and may be over 60 yrs old. i know i've driven by it 100 times but i couldn't picture it from the ground, so ... Read More
Category: the Kingdom and I
just to continue this "Kingdom" talk from previous posts for a bit . . . seeing and understanding a bigger picture of what it means to live in this new Kingdom, to actually . . . live in it . . . is where this is all going. these thoughts aren't new to me. they aren't even that ... Read More
Category: the Kingdom and I
i never wrestled in high school. i heard they did a lot of push-ups, sit-ups and running. apparently that is what doctors call strenuous which, at the time, i was strongly against. it doesn't sound like an activity that would characterize life in the Kingdom, does it? even ... Read More
Category: the Kingdom and I
i had questions about what christmas is really supposed to be about. fortunately, there was a special report on tv - i think it was shrek's Christmas. okay, i didn't really have questions, but i was intrigued at how this shrek show tried to answer the question of "what is Christmas all ... Read More
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i was thinking today (odd, i know) - what if the attitude that emerges each year at thanksgiving would be allowed to linger a little? what if it didn't have to shut down on the friday morning that follows the turkey feast? what if it informed my approach to Christmas? what if it could ... Read More
Category: the Kingdom and I