I am 51 years old. Let’s be honest here, I’m just a few days past the half way point, so I’m closer to 52. Last night, I had one of those now rare “first time ever” events: I went to a demolition derby at the local fair #AVFair. As I watched in amazed amusement I…

Saturday I did something that I absolutely hate to do: I woke up early. I’m not talking about 7 o’clock instead of 7:30 here; no, it was 3:30 in the morning. I could make a strong argument that that time of the day might actually still qualify as “late night” to me! The reason for…

A man with white hair and a white beard stood in waist deep water and asked me who could save me. I looked him straight in the eye and said “That would be Jesus!” and down I went. Floating for a moment under the water I thought about a lot of things, and eventually knew…

I’ve been in the #RoseCity this past week. I came up to spend time with friends and #ForeverFamily, but also decided to take in a little bit of #NWSL soccer. My team is the Portland #Thorns, so I was glad to get a chance to see the team live. From the first time I saw…