Atop Mt. St. Helens

Battle Ground, Washington Erin and I headed up late last night for a stay at the marvelous five-star Hotel Kann in Battle Ground. Today, well, today Joe, Carol, and I climbed a mountain. (Erin wisely opted to hang out at Joe and Carol’s, grade papers, sleep, and...

Education

Battle Ground, Washington Whew. The two September ballot measures that had to pass to avoid any more cuts to education made it through by roughly 60-40 margins. That’s a bummer if you’re a smoker for one, and the conversion of an endowment fund into a...

Over 30 Men’s

Over 30 Men’s soccer game for me up in Vancouver this afternoon. I’m still not fully recovered from my tweaked hamstrings, but I figure that’s why God gave us icy-hot. In the midst of the action, I also pulled a groin muscle and I can tell you from...

Announcing part 3

Erin and I are happy to announce that we’re pregnant. Well, that she’s pregnant. I’m actually just big-boned. We’ve suspected Erin might be with child for a couple weeks now. She’s been extraordinarily fatigued lately, whereas normally...

Speculation

Speculation rises on days like these about the role of God in human affairs, but for my part I accepted as adequate the concept of free will a long time ago. I believe God gives us the power to choose good or evil in everything we do, and flawed as we are, through...