This week my retreat planning team met with Father Rusty to go over a little plan we concocted. See, we lead retreats for young adults (defined as ages 18-40). It’s a pretty wide range for a single gathering of people,…
This week my retreat planning team met with Father Rusty to go over a little plan we concocted. See, we lead retreats for young adults (defined as ages 18-40). It’s a pretty wide range for a single gathering of people,…
I ran across these banners on Etsy by bird and bear, and I’m delighted by them. While we’re all used to hanging banners for the big days in our life, birthdays, anniversaries, New Years Eve, why don’t we look for…
The Young Adult planning team had its first meeting for our March retreat today. Our focus was to come up with our theme, and then to brainstorm on some ideas for the day. One of the things that we always…
Tomorrow afternoon marks the start of our New Year’s Eve retreat. Things are in order, for the most part. I want to finish up my talk on Guardians at the Gate, and then put some final thoughts on the sermon…
Last night was my company’s holiday party. Budgets had been slashed, and we knew oh way back three months ago that this shindig would be funded by less than a quarter of the funds they’d spent last year. We work…
There was much going on at our house today. We started early with some cleaning; it seemed like a lot of clutter had built up and it felt nice to get rid of some of the extra things that had…
The theme for the next retreat I’m working on is “Standing on the Threshold.” Father Rusty and I met this evening to discuss what we’ll be doing over three days. I’m excited about this retreat – for lots of reasons.…
This weekend we are taking care of my sister’s dog, Joseph. In a little bit, we are going to take this young critter over to the beach at Half Moon Bay. He LOVES the beach, in a way that is…