jskogerboe.com :: one thing

It seems every Hollywood movie marketed to main stream adults these days has one thing in common…  a bed-room scene. I’m talking about that poignant moment in every film when the tension in the plot line is cut, and heart-strings are pulled, and we begin to truly empathize on an emotional level with our protagonist.  They [...]

Hey all a y’all family men out there…  I know how you roll.  In a 2009 Toyota Sienna minivan.  THAT’s what I’m talking about. Thank you Church on the Move and a tip of the hat to my Twitter friend @wiseacre for bringing this to my attention. This is pretty much a documentary on my life, [...]

Jump in pool to cool off.  Get out and drip dry while reading.  Repeat as necessary. This was my agenda for  most of last week on a family vacation on Hilton Head Island, SC.  No worship practices to plan.  No PowerPoint presentations to prep.  No sermons to prepare for.  Just sun, and family, and the [...]

Hmmm.  It seems I break all the medical norms.  All of them.  Sometimes it is a good thing to be the exception to the rule.  Today it wasn’t. Back in March of this year I posted about my historyof heart failure, starting with the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy (a weakening and enlargement of the heart) most [...]

“Do you promise to care for this child as your son, to love and provide for him, and to welcome him into your family?” The emotion hit me like a truck, and I wasn’t expecting it.  This felt very much like my wedding vows to Amy fifteen years ago.  I cried then, too. Back then [...]

House lights down.  Spots up center.  Brightly dressed kids grouped around the front of stage mics. Levi’s big moment… “He has perfect pitch, doesn’t he?!” YES!!  AWESOME!!  Way to SELL it kid!  Never before has a six-year-old NAILED “He has perfect pitch, doesn’t he?!” with such nuance… such finesse… such aplomb. I rise from the soundboard I’m [...]

March 14, 2010.  Living Hope Church in St. Michael-Albertville, MN.  This is part two of a two-part series exploring the character and nature of God.  The Bible tells us both to FEAR God and “do not be afraid.”  The Bible describes God as a Righteous Judge, holy, dangerous, and unapproachable…  And He invites us to call [...]

The Tooth Fairy is real. I have never waivered on this point, and I never will.  Santa Claus, as everyone knows, is a hill of beans.  The Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, Leprechauns, and Peter Pan… all lies.  But I contend with my children on a regular and ongoing basis for the veracity of the [...]

Winter in this part of the world taunts those of us who live here.  Our job as proud Minnesotans is to press back.  Not only to endure, but to enjoy.  That’s a metaphor for life.  Free of charge. It was early evening with the sun setting on French Park in Plymouth, MN.  My goal was to bring [...]

Setting the stage:  It’s late. Youngest three boys asleep.  Amy and I working happily on our laptops at the Dining Room table.  Lamplight.  Peaceful. The oldest two boys are squirreling around while one does dishes and the other is picking up in the Living Room. They’re laughing. A lot.  They’re silly.  It’s late.  They’re boys, [...]