Wow — the last mass e-mail I wrote was at the end of November. Here’s a 5-sentence summary of everything in the past six weeks: After writing three good papers at the end of the term, I stayed in Chicago for a couple of extra days and reorganized and cleaned my room. While this may […]
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A little over two weeks ago I made a mistake. And, unlike most other instances, I didn’t automatically try to fix it. Edmund Harris, one of my fellow MDiv students, invited me to visit his congregation he serves. I brought along the camera to make sure Edmund had good pictures for his upcoming presentation to […]
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We’re getting the cold weather in Chicago. I knew it would happen. Luckily, I went home to Iowa last weekend (6 hour drive; 5.5 for me) and got a winter coat so I will be ready for the season. Lower temperatures calls for longer times indoors accompanied, of course, by warm and scrumptious meals! Last […]
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Typically Divinity School students reserve Sunday afternoons as sacred time. They’re not supposed to require work in church placements (that’s reserved for the morning and evening) and they’re that relaxed period where productive studying can happen. They are a time when many of us take the half hour to call our parents and do the […]
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If every 1000:1 e-mail sent before this one, I strictly limited the accompanying text to 1000 words. This one breaks that guideline a little; I think it’s worth it. Many of you who followed my life in the spring know about the loss of Daryl Schmidt. Many of you also noted that my biggest “processing” […]
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Every time I have a transition in life it takes time to adjust. While that wasn’t a prolific statement, it’s what I keep telling myself as I situate in Chicago. Don’t read into it too much. Things are great. I know where the grocery stores are; I walk more than I did at TCU and […]
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This is probably the best time to set the record clear: my grandma, Dotty (“Gram”) Raun, is not a poser. Those closest to her probably doubt that statement, but it’s true: in both senses. She isn’t a fake; she also isn’t one who likes to stand in front of a camera. Here’s my case: As […]
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Imagine you arrive at a church camp and get this crazy bald guy as a counselor. He’s boring with dinner table conversations, but a motor-mouth with anything that has to deal with technology. That’s what six weeks of camps and conferences this summer turned me into; my campers that last week were so lucky! Some […]
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I wrote last Fall while in Italy (actually, Greece) that I was a sucker for sunsets. It turns out that I’m a sucker for sunrises as well! This summer I had the chance to witness three memorable sunrises — and every single one of them was worth it. Their memorableness is not based on quality; […]
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OK … I have to admit: I’m a junkie. I’m a junkie with a long of things — news, technology, music … everything. There are many things in life which cause binges, but rarely do they cause binges combined with anticipation. This is finally stirring me to that level, though. Go back three years. In […]
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