it feels like fall

The leaves are about to change here. Tonight it will frost, and it will feel fantastic. Life is kind of wierd. Sometimes you just have to go buy a plunger.

the benefits of spare time and money

There are a lot of things going on in the lives of people I am connected to right now, my wife, all my friends at Calvin Crest, my friends Scott and Claire who are getting married soon, my friend Scott Parr who has just moved, all the people in Texas and Lousianna...but never fear. Fox Sports has plenty of money to pay reporters with lots of time to write fabulous works of American journalism like this: an article comparing the 2005 Clevland Indians to the 1989 "Major League" Indians.

Captain Underpants Returns!

I have a few boys who are learning to speak English, so some things are funny for them that are normal for other children. "Mr. Capp" is funny, particularly the "Capp" part. I have been dubbed "Captain America" (ironically because I had to make them stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance, which I don't normally say). At the risk of my legitimacy as a teacher, I am unsure what to do when six year olds make fun of my name. So I tell them it is inappropriate to make fun of anyone, and then ignore them.

So today in the act of ignoring them, I heard one say "are you captain underpants?"

Why yes, I am. But I can't let them know.

Mother Teresa

It is a strange thing, the way words and people, the way our perceptions and our current events converge upon our hearts at certain poignant times. In a time where I wonder what I can do about suffering, I have come upon some the words of a woman I have heard of my entire life, but paid little attention to. Two (or three) short quotes:

"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."

"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."