Well, the Huskers looked like they might blow it at the end, but they held on for a nice win. #GBR

One more Husker gameday for the season. Would be nice to go out on a high note. #GBR

2024 Reads: A Private and Public Faith by William Stringfellow 📚

Stringfellow’s prophetic words ring through from the 1960s as an essential voice for today’s church.

One minute your youngest child is a rambunctious preschooler making a mess baking cookies with dad; you blink and she’s almost 16 and baking her own bread to go with Christmas Eve charcuterie.

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2024 Reads: Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3) by Lee Child 📚

Ah, back when Jack Reacher books still had some plot to them. Nice light entertainment.

Last weekend started my Christmas break - done with work until the new year. But the weekend was so busy with chorus performances that it wasn’t really until today that it feels like break. Slept in, drank a pot of coffee, reading a book. A much needed rest. Thankful.

2024 Reads: The Hours of the Universe by Ilia Delio 📚

A nice short summation of Delio’s earlier writing.

Time for night #2 singing in the Orchestra Iowa Chorus holiday concert!

A selfie of a bald, bearded man in a black suit with a red bow tie

Some customer ahead of me at the bakery bought a $250 gift card to be used on the next customers. I would’ve happily paid for my pecan roll and coffee myself, but… thanks, random stranger!

2024 Reads: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss 📚

I don’t read a lot of business books, and I dislike negotiation, but my boss recommended this one. Some decent strategies I could use here.