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One good thing about coming back is not having to worry about getting caught in a  language moment. Well at least not from my native state of Tennessee. If you have ever lived overseas and you are trying to learn a new language then you know what I mean. going to the bank going to [...]

Just finished up a trip to the west coast. I bought Metaxs’ biography of Bonhoeffer before I left. I have enjoyed getting a good start on the 608 page book. It definitely put extra pounds on my baggage limits and I bought the paperback edition. Unfortunately it may take until Christmas to finish it. He [...]

Everything seems so much larger here in the states. HOUSES, CARS, CLOSETS, SIZE OF SERVINGS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC.. I must admit in some cases it does not always take a long time to readjust. In fact some of these make it quite easy. Here are a few. The size of parking spaces seem so much [...]

I started jotting down a few things that just come to my mind that seem a little like re-entry issues for me. Why do I get overwhelmed when I go to Krogers or Ingles or Target? Choices abound everywhere in the land of plenty. How many different types of yogurt does one need? Is it [...]

Recently we moved from one apartment to another in our city. One of the teachers at my wife’s school brought by dinner one evening. It was a great treat and really helped out a lot in a time of need.  Her and her husband brought over homemade stew that was cooked in a pressure cooker. [...]

Today I am writing from Ukraine. This is my first time here. Though it is not extremely far from Southwest Germany it is a very different culture and way of life here. I arrived yesterday at about 2:30 pm after about a one hour wait in line at passport control. It was already getting dark. [...]

This past week I was in London doing some prep work for our upcoming Jet Set tour to London and Paris with The Upstream Collective. It was a great trip for several reasons. One reason was that my son Parker and my wife Susan were able to go with me. Because my wife is a [...]