Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
Husband, Father, Writer, Beggar.
By Nathan
The Food Bank recently held ‘Go Day,’ which is our annual fiscal year kickoff/team building day. A group of us took the opportunity to try an escape room. I’d never done one before. Ten of us chose to do the…
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I have dear friends with a medically fragile child, Jimmy. He is full of light and joy, and 100% boy, but every day is a gift to him in a way that most people will never understand. His digestive system…
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This spring, I encountered a new paradigm for inner healing called Internal Family Systems (IFS). The basic concept behind IFS is that, like our physical bodies, our personalities have parts. It points to a reality that I might refer to…
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At dinnertime, my 3-year-old son came to me with a complaint. His cup was dirty and he wanted a new one. Our dishwashing machine seems to leave a little more grime than it should of late. I wandered to the…
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This summer, Mary spent a good bit of time gardening. I had to move a lot of dirt when I built the addition, s0 I created three new raised bed gardens marked out by concrete blocks behind the house. They…
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I’m done. I have finished my addition. On May 15, almost 14 months after breaking ground, I finished hanging the aluminum sheathing for the soffit and fascia and officially called it. The job is done. And it’s not done. I’m…
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I'm a charismatic Catholic who lives on the outskirts of nowhere. God has given me a wife, a family, and a mission to feed the hungry. These are my stories.
