Sometimes a picture tells a story. Sometimes a picture tells a thousand stories at one time. This is one of those thousand story images, that just happens to look like the ultimate photo bomb. I think this is the third or fourth time over the years that the Martins (and their camp coaches) jumped into… Continue reading McMartins
The past few weeks my screens have been filled with snapshots and stories of friends sending their children off to college. All across the country, similar scenes have played out in parking lots and dorm lobbies and on campuses (cue the sound of baby wings flapping furiously). Abilene Christian University is our alma mater and… Continue reading Advice to the College Student
I started The Story Place last fall as a method to share and collect stories after realizing that most things I am passionate about are attached by the common thread of “story”. HIGH on my list of good stories are those where people invest in the lives of children. Be it as a teacher or… Continue reading “Come unto me…”
A few “story-ish” things to share on this rainy spring day. Last fall when I began to think so much about the concept of “Story”, I discovered, not coincidentally, Donald Miller’s Storyline workbook and website. Working through the exercises in this book provided the encouragement I needed to start sharing and collecting stories where folks… Continue reading Rainy Day Miscellany
Parenting is a strange process. You spend 18 or so years preparing children, parts of your own soul, to go out into the world and be independent thinkers and dreamers. And then you wake up one day and realize they have, and it’s absolutely terrifying. Control? Gone. At some point children wander across… Continue reading A Daughter’s Dream
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