Category Archives: Travelogue

Travelogue: Six Weeks

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Hello! We made it through wildfires, an unbelievable two weeks, yet the fires are still burning (and will for months, even underground). Fires fizzle out, people endure with hope, and life moves on. In 2020 more than one person has remarked with anticipation how “______ (every-thing) will change on election day”! For us all will surely change, as our next son is due that day, almost six weeks from now. Of course, we cannot schedule when this baby arrives, yet can steward our energies (and emotions) to be the most helpful in our home, church, work, communities, all of life.

Four things and some travelpixels for this week’s travelogue:

1) Are You Able to Help?

A college friend was in a horrific car wreck yesterday and remains in critical care and an induced coma. Jake and his twin brother Josh are truly two of the most able-bodied men I’ve ever met, seemingly as fit in their forties as they were as wrestlers at OSU. All that changed for Jake this week.

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Travelogue: Essentials

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Hello! It’s been quite a season, and this week we resume a feature that debuted months ago. A travelogue is “a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.” While traveling the Interwebs, here’s what I’ve encountered recently (or not-so-recently), and commend to you. Here are some essentials for the journey.

So Many Options!

Barry Cooper – Beware the god of Open Options:

“He kills our relationships, because he tells us it’s better not to become too involved. He kills our service to others because he tells us it might be better to keep our weekends to ourselves. He kills our giving because he tells us these are uncertain financial times and you never know when you might need that money. He kills our joy in Christ because he tells us it’s better not to be thought of as too spiritual.”

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Travelogue: Coming of Age.

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Continuing a new feature; a travelogue is “a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.” While traveling the Interwebs, here’s what I’ve encountered the last couple of weeks and commend to you.

Make Habits > Resolutions

“For me, establishing habits is far more effective than setting goals,” Kari wrote this week, highlighting five habits that have impacted her the most:

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Travelogue: Friday Four.

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Starting a new feature, one that I hope serves you as much as it helps me. Each week I read widely, in print and online, and only occasionally share links on social media. This Friday Four will be a quick endeavor to illuminate helpful articles, links, videos, books, and quotes that deserve to be read all the more. I’ve visited as a traveler and guide you back to them. A travelogue is “a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.” While traveling the Interwebs, here’s what I’ve encountered this week and commend to you.

(Why four and not five? Because four is a superior number.)

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