That’s great, Dave! Not to try to embarrass you here on your site, but I remember the day that we met several weeks back, you made a similarly kind gesture. I can tell you’re consistently a very kind and generous person; keep it up, bro!

As for myself, nothing earth-shattering comes to mind as of the last couple weeks. A couple weekends ago, I met some cool people who were selling handmade pottery at a stand in a street fair. At the end of the fair, I stopped by and kept them company for an hour or two and helped tear down the booth. I got to learn quite a bit about pottery and made a couple of new friends. They invited me to come up north and spend a day with them sometime to see their shop and go hiking together.

I felt a little bad, because there were several times during the conversation that they bad-mouthed conservatives, and I let it slide (and I’ve got no qualms about that). However, later they asked how I know my roommate, and I said we’d known each other from church back in Michigan. :o) They looked a little surprised, and in the next couple of minutes mentioned several positive things about one particular local conservative community.

I’m glad for putting a more positive image in their minds of what Christian or conservative can look like, but I feel bad for their little moment of shock. Perhaps it couldn’t be avoided given the circumstances… :o)