Matt on February 20th, 2007

I’m not a morning person. The remaining jet lag, however, and the need to cook for 150 people today, had me up before the sun this cool February morning in London. (There was also that well placed call I asked my lovely wife to make before she ended her evening back home. It’s great to [...]

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Matt on January 25th, 2007

I got asked to be a confirmation sponsor for one of the teens at church.  This is the second time I’ve been asked by one the of the kiddos that I barely know to be their sponsor.  It’s an odd feeling.  In some ways, it’s very faltering.  In others, scary.  In still others, like an [...]

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Matt on January 25th, 2007

Tonight was another session of the Praise and Worship that Tiffany and I started back in the fall. We call it FYI – For Your Inspiration. It’s for the teens and young adults at our parish – St. Helena. It takes place every fourth Wednesday at 7:00pm.
We’ve had moderate success. There are [...]

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Matt on January 19th, 2007

Cancer has always been one of those things you hear about and want to do something to help solve, but it still seems distant. Then, it hits someone in your family (usually older) and it becomes more real, but is still someone acceptable as a disease people encounter later in life. Every so often, though, [...]

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