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The “foolishness” Paul wrote about was not always the foolishness of the cross. An even not-too-careful reading of his letters shows that he especially considered himself a “fool” when he was forced to write about his accomplishments, or when he had to refer to his suffering in order to protect his apostleship and, therefore, the [...]

Check out this link about La Lutte Suisse… Swiss Wrestling. 200,000 people attended the weekend sporting event which is also called Lutte à la culotte (which means, and I am not making this up, wrestling in your underwear).
This is a national sport, believe it or not. And if you win the championship, they give you [...]

I was out of town for a week, but was able to get back for the second race in the Tour du Pays de Vaud series.
I finished the just-short-of 10k race in just-barely-over 45 minutes. Son 2 and Wife were waaaaay fast.
Here’s a picture of us trio, after a shower, in the race shirts… (click [...]

Wife, Son 2 and I are running a series of 5 races that take place in small towns around our Canton (Vaud). Last night’s race took place in Le Mont, an 8.3 kilometer run up the hills over Lausanne (plus down the hills, up the hills… You get the picture!). It was a “cross” run [...]

There’s this boy who’s just turned 13 who is as sweet as can be, at least when he’s around us. His parents don’t get along (a big understatement) and divorce papers have been filed. Mental problems. Spiritual problems. Several months ago they asked us to keep the boy rather than put him in foster care. [...]

Although the stadium’s uphill and about half a mile away, Mick welcomed us to the concert with a driving “Start it up”. The music, words, slightly deformed by the Doppler effect bounced off the huge apartment building behind our place, right onto our balcony, and into the living room.
We ate raspberries and ice cream, read [...]

When we first got to Switzerland we were young, energetic, and full of good ideas. (Now we are less young, still energetic, yet looking for new ideas!)
Wife went to the nearby retirement home (Bethanie) and asked if she could adopt some residents. Just visits and such, but the organization was very suspicious. After a bit, [...]

While inspecting one of the apple trees from the balcony of our apartment, I spied the underside of leaves. Not a good sign. The underside of leaves should face the ground, not the sky.
A branch a bit thicker than an inch had broken (more like “cracked”) during the night, scattering half a dozen apples on [...]

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome back!
There are now two separate dining areas at the kids’ camp. We used to jam 140 people into one area. Gone is that very first meal when the sound reverberates in your ears, and you’re wondering how you’ll survive another 40 meals in that environment. Welcome to camp.
No buffet style [...]

A bit of a surprise, I know, to those of you who’ve heard me “whine” about youth camp in France. Two years ago, I melted down after only two days. There are constant pressures, and the pace is way too fast from early morning till, well, early morning. Government restrictions keep us busy at all [...]