- [2nd Annual] September is Called Remember It is that time of the year again when I take a break from normal blogging to have some sort of Sabbath-type rest.* In February I have done a photo (or, Holga) a day. In September it has become my quirky tradition to spend each day celebrating a certain memory. And so, September (like February) […]
- I Remember Reading of an Expressive God I remember the year Dave died, and my finding an old J.B. Phillips New Testament at a used book shop down in Fells Point. I remember thinking that this little worn paperback would become my favorite, reading the gospels as proper prose, and such. I remember walking near the Baltimore piers and how happy it […]
- I Remember Dave Meeks I remember the year Dave Meeks died, and how he had taught me how to be a Young Life leader through his cancer. In his early thirties, Dave was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. I remember him painting life colours to the words, to live is Christ and to die is gain. I remember […]
- I Remember Baltimore’s Best Diner
- Narrow Stairs There are only a small handful of records that I would purchase within the first week of its release. There are far fewer still that I’d venture to buy on its release day. Narrow Stairs is one of them, just out today. It may not be as epic as Transatlanticism or Plans was as a […]
- Redemptive Golf-team R.I.P. My alma mater, UMBC, is headed to the NCAA division I basketball tournament for the first time. This is a very big deal for our very young Baltimore university. I only mention it because the year I graduated, UMBC chose to take away funding from a handful of smaller Varsity programs–including the womens’ golf team […]
- Unpicked, Day eight. Before I moved to L.A. I didn’t know a thing about the Chinese New Year. Now I think I will forever associate February with dumplings and pot-stickers. (And those little red envelopes that could be stuffed with cash.) On day eight, as I arrived at my third Chinese New Year party in one week, the […]
- Hold the Phones (Again) + Apples of Gold Hold the phones (again) people! My dear friend, Sarah Painter Constable, is now blogging her way through life in New York City. The brilliant actor-woman herself has already even posted some pre-screened movie reviews to help you decide what is worth your time in 2008. Check out her stuff: The Joy Year. This only strengthens […]
- Take That, Terps I just got word that the UMBC Lacrosse team beat the pants off of the University of Maryland to enter the quarter-finals of the NCAA championship. This is huge news for Baltimore! And for the ever-underdog UMBC Retrievers. As a UMBC Golf team alum, I remember no other rival than the Maryland Terps, the Uni […]
- A School House I had a pleasant trip up north to see Mates of State. Wish I could’ve encouraged the crowd at Messiah College to bounce a little more, though. (Maybe they think Jesus doesn’t dance. I dunno.) Turns out the show was a benefit for Invisible Children in Uganda. That made me happy. Since I was in […]
- (Re)Imagining Youth Ministry This weekend I drove up to Baltimore for a Young Life staff training day. As a former YL staffer in Portugal, this was a rare treat, ’cause I was invited to teach on contextualizing ministry to a particular youth culture. Humbled and excited, I was also totally knackered/shattered. I arrived completely bleary-eyed on caffeine, having […]
- Sunset Over Baltimore