Archives for June 2003

One of the best things about my trip home from the Northwest was having Caleb, my two-year-old, see me from a distance at the airport and start running toward me. Never mind that security nearly tackled him. I beat them to him and grabbed him myself. Last night I put him to bed, read him […]

Last week I made a quick trip up to Bellingham to do a memorial service for a 91 year old saint named Herb. He was one of the nicest old men I’ve ever met. It was an honor to be asked by his family to do the service. It was also good to be back […]

Tonight we’re talking about Genesis 3 in my class. It’s hard to overestimate the centrality of Genesis 3 to the Biblical plot. How did we get where we are? Why is the world the way it is? Why the estrangement from God? Why the tension between the genders? Why do we struggle to make peace […]

Tonight I’m beginning a class on Genesis that will track with my Sunday morning preaching. I’ve found I can do a much better job on Sunday if I’m also teaching a class from the same book from which I’m preaching. Teaching a class relieves me of the temptation to go into too much technical detail […]