A Word from the Monastery…
October 26, 2024
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I normally go “off the grid“ during my much anticipated retreats to the Abbey of Gethsemani. So why am I writing to you now?
Collision & Convergence
September 22, 2024
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I would normally look at a fender bender as a a frustrating inconvenience. But when it happened to me this summer, I got a glimpse of how God can use – even orchestrate – an inconvenience to change lives for the better.
Dabls
August 2, 2024
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I was re-acquainted with an amazing artist and cultural treasure of Detroit. After eight years, we’re both grayer and our joints hurt, but my respect for him has only grown.
Julia’s Summer OT
July 14, 2024
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Julia has never really had a “summer off“. We are always working on something; and this summer it’s occupational therapy to help her do things that typical kids take for granted.
What follows is a small vignette of what she’s been working on with her OT, Miss Courtney…
World Down Syndrome Day & What Julia Does for Me
March 21, 2024
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As a dad, I have spent the last 13+ years teaching my kid as best I can. But what I found is that she has a heck of a lot more to teach me. Here are the latest ways she’s been taking me to school…
Hope Gets a Facelift
January 6, 2024
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Despite the ugliness that happened on the east end of the National Mall three years ago, an opportunity for healing is still at work on the west end…
Christmas Greetings
December 24, 2023
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In a hard emotional season, I was reminded of a heavenly paradox: the journey from “fitting in” to experiencing real belonging in my life is in the direction of my teenage daughter with a condition that unenlightened society relegates to irrelevance.
Bring Jesus Your Pain…
November 19, 2023
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For years, I’ve thought deeply about what it means to enter seasons of healing from the past and be a better human. I’ve had to put my money where my mouth is more than once in that direction and have developed some convictions around it.
The work is not finished.
I’ve heard the words of friendly advice, “Take it to Jesus” more than once; but I’ve often struggled with what that really means.
This is an expanded version of a blog post I recently did for my church to take a stab at answering that question.
The People Who Grow Our Food
October 7, 2023
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The Cook family are big fans of our local Farmers Market, so it was an easy YES when I was asked to capture the spirit of the market and the people who make it beautiful!
The Joy of Giving It Away…
September 14, 2023
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For years, I’ve carried a camera (like, all the time) and engaged in the simple act of occasionally giving away an image or two to people I meet. I recently had just such an exchange that gave me a whole new perspective and it’s deepened my commitment to intentionally giving it away…
Expressions on a Settee
September 5, 2023
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We were at the wedding of one of Julia‘s very best friends. Julia was looking pretty snazzy and feeling the exuberance of the moment and it reminded me again why I always bring my camera with me.
They Gave Her a Chance…
August 27, 2023
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With the excitement and anticipation of seventh grade starting tomorrow, I couldn’t let the weekend go by without stopping and looking back with gratitude on a season of Julia’s life fondly coming to a close. Thank you Miss Loretta!