For years it has been a tradition in Philadelphia – sell-out Opening Day in early April, and then suffer several weeks of empty seats and lame crowds as games go poorly attended until the warmer weather of May. With a tradition of uninspiring teams, and temperatures in the 30s and 40s most April nights, anContinue reading “My Family at the Phillies on College Night”
Category Archives: Family
A Chaplain’s Grief
Yesterday I witnessed the most gut-wrenching, horrific expression of grief that I could ever imagine. I accompanied a doctor in his horrible task of telling a patient’s wife that her husband did not survive a rather routine, minor surgery. His death was unexpected and tragic. Immediately the woman burst into howling screams, heaves, gagging, gaspsContinue reading “A Chaplain’s Grief”
Baby Einstein and President Bush
For all you parents of infants and toddlers out there, public radio’s Marketplace aired a commentary on Friday by Susan Linn of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children’s Center negatively comparing the marketing of Baby Einstein to the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq. "Baby Einstein has a lot in common with theContinue reading “Baby Einstein and President Bush”
“Shame on you”
These are not words that I would normally like to hear as I’m walking with my three year-old daughter up the aisle to the communion rail. But today I welcomed these words, whispered into my ear by an elderly woman as she approached the Lord’s Table, as an affirmation of one of my deepest longingsContinue reading ““Shame on you””
Christmas Eve with the kids
This evening, during the singing of Hark the Herald Angels Sing at my church’s 5pm family service, while holding my infant in one arm and my 3 year-old in the other, I looked up toward the front of the church to see my wife, vested and leading worship. She looked back and smiled. My eyesContinue reading “Christmas Eve with the kids”
The Lutheran Zephyr 